Convicted killer Mark Nash has lost his High Court bid to be returned from the Midlands Prison to Arbour Hill prison, Dublin, where he has spent the past 15 years.

Convicted murderer Mark Nash has complained about being jeered at in prison and says he has become distressed and depressed because he has no access to work or study.

Convicted double murderer Mark Nash has been found guilty of the “cold case” murder of two women, whose mutilated bodies were found in their sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman in Dublin nearly 20 years ago.

A Garda chief superintendent told a murder trial yesterday that he retrieved clothing from the home of a man accused of murdering two women 18 years ago.