This unpublished series in four episodes of the magazine “1:15 p.m. on Sunday” (Twitter, #1:15 p.m.), signed Morgane du Liège, Fanny Martino, Simon Fichet and Frédéric Poussin, plunges into the heart of a great enigma: who killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier, on December 23, 1996, wife of film producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier. She was found dead with her head smashed in with concrete blocks and stones below her holiday home in southern Ireland. Who could blame this beautiful 39-year-old young woman on Christmas Eve?
The investigation very quickly became interested in Ian Bailey and designated him as the main suspect. A journalist in his spare time, he lived near the victim’s house. They knew each other, had crossed paths. In any case, they were not strangers to each other. Everything seems to accuse Ian Bailey, but nothing will happen as planned in this extraordinary affair between Ireland and France. And Sophie’s family fights tirelessly to bring the truth to light…
Will the accused be present at his trial?
Ian Bailey has escaped Irish justice, which has always refused to extradite him to France. And despite the years, twists and turns and false hopes, those close to Sophie, and in particular her son Pierre-Louis, held firm, stepping up their actions to bring the truth to light.
Will the number one suspect still pass between the drops a quarter of a century after this terrible murder? A trial will take place in Paris before an assize court. Will the witnesses make the trip? The 64-year-old accused today, found guilty of murder in France, lives free in Ireland. Will he be present?
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