Murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier | |
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Born | Sophie Bouniol 28 July 1957 Paris, France |
Died | 23 December 1996 (1996-12-24) (aged 39) Goleen, County Cork, Ireland |
Cause of death | Blunt force trauma |
Body discovered | 23 December 1996, 10 am |
Resting place | Combret, France[1] 44°30′27″N 3°11′01″E |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Television producer |
Spouse |
Sophie Toscan du Plantier, a 39-year-old French woman, was killed outside her holiday home near Toormore, Goleen, County Cork, Ireland, on the night of 23 December 1996.[2]
British journalist Ian Bailey, who lived near Toscan du Plantier's home in Ireland, was a suspect arrested twice by the Garda Síochána, yet no charges were laid as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) found there was insufficient evidence to proceed to trial. Bailey lost a libel case against six newspapers in 2003. He also lost a wrongful arrest case against the Gardaí, Minister for Justice, and Attorney General in 2015.
In 2019, Bailey was convicted of murder by the Cour d'Assises in Paris, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was tried in absentia in France after winning a legal battle against extradition. In 2020, Ireland's High Court ruled that Bailey could not be extradited. Bailey died on 21 January 2024, aged 66, following a suspected cardiac arrest outside his residence in Bantry.[3]