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Thu 06 Jun 2007Prisoner may serve more than average life term, court toldA Portuguese man serving a life sentence in Ireland for the murder of a female trainee manager in Limerick's Jurys Inn hotel would be as "free as a bird" after a maximum 25 years if he is transferred to a Portuguese jail, the High Court was told yesterday.Patrick Gageby SC, for the Minister for Justice, said it was "not unreasonable" for the Minister to refuse the transfer upon taking the view that Paulo Nascimento might spend more time in prison here than the average 13½ years served by life-sentence prisoners.