The hope is that foreign police can provide a breakthrough to help solve the crime. The bloodied clothes worn by Sophie Toscan du Plantier on the night of her murder in December, 1996, have been sent to the FBI for DNA analysis. According to the Irish Independent’s Senan Molony, who has been covering the case […]

1 year ago

Aidan Gillen has also been cast. Colm Meaney has been cast as Ian Bailey in the upcoming film about Sophie Tuscon du Plantier. Re-Creation will be directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America) and will revisit the unsolved murder of the Ms Toscan du Plantier in the town of Schull, Cork in 1996. Meaney […]

2 years ago

The British journalist maintained his innocence in the case. Ian Bailey, suspect in the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, has died after he collapsed on a street in Cork on Sunday, January 21. According to the Irish Independent, The 66-year-old fell ill and collapsed while walking on Barrack Street in Bantry at lunchtime today. The […]

2 years ago

“My life has been a torture over recent years.” Ian Bailey, suspect in the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, has suffered two heart attacks in the space of a week, and remains in hospital. The 66-year-old, who is being treated in the cardiac unit of a Cork hospital, has maintained his innocence in the […]

2 years ago

Sophie was killed in 1996. Gardaí are expected to fly to France to track down a new suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case. Last month, Gardaí confirmed that the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier is active and ongoing, with the Garda Serious Crime Review Team set to conduct […]

4 years ago

Bailey said that he hopes the review will clear his name. After it was announced that the Gardaí would be opening a cold-case review into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, Ian Bailey has said that he will “fully cooperate” with the investigation. Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found dead outside her holiday home […]

4 years ago