Cork man challenges refusal to transfer him from UK prison

The inmate, originally from Mallow in Co. Cork, has admitted the manslaughter of a man in England in 2015. 
Cork man challenges refusal to transfer him from UK prison

London's Old Bailey was told that Martin Saunders and a friend beat Jeff Henry using golf clubs. He died five days later in hospital. File image

An Irishman who was sentenced to 22 years in Britain for the manslaughter of a man in 2016 has brought a High Court challenge over a refusal to allow him be transferred to serve the remainder of his sentence here.

Martin Saunders (aged 40), who lived in Huntington, Cambridgeshire, England, admitted the manslaughter of a man in Cambridge in June 2015. 

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