Murderer who strangled his ex-girlfriend asks High Court to let him out of prison 

Raymond Donovan, previously of New Houses, Cooraclare, Co Clare, was found guilty in 2006 of the murder of his former girlfriend, 23-year-old Ann Walsh, in Kilrush Co Clare in 2005. Picture: Arthur Ellis/Press 22

A convicted murderer who strangled his former girlfriend to death in the grounds of a Co Clare church has gone to court seeking to be let out of prison.

Raymond Donovan claims his jail term has expired because he says his life sentence is limited to 20 years' imprisonment.