Taeholic wrote: » I'm just as conflicted as I was before I watched the show. No blood anywhere in the house only on the door? If she went to let someone in, then how did her blood end up on only the door and her body/scene of murder was found at the gate? It makes no sense to me. Surely there would have been a trail of blood. Up or down Incompetence of the Gardai maybe? Her body being left overnight is shocking and disturbing. How does a gate disappear also? Ian Bailey gives me the creeps but the only parts that swayed my opinion towards his guilt was his previous assault on his partner. And his behaviour when asked about his alibi in the final episode.
Larsso30 wrote: » His avoiding his alibi question in he final episode is the only bit that stood out to me also. But he was pissed so maybe had some sort of sense to realise he needs to keep his mouth shut. That is the one piece that will nail him if he makes a change to his alibi. Attack on Jules and the pictures were very striking I agree. But like you I left with very little else to convince me he's guilty.
vladmydad wrote: » It’s clear to me the killer was known to her. The fact she went there at Christmas time is very strange. This nonsense about fixing the heating. The parents told her in September but she goes over at Christmas to fix it ? Also we know she had an affair before, actually at the house. So I think she may have being having an affair with someone at the time. It would explain the lack of crime scene inside. Also she was wearing boots so there was no chase, she went outside of her own accord. Walking someone out or letting someone in at the gate ? She knew her killer and he was almost certainly local. Another possibilitie is the Man who lived next door ? She would have known him, did he go late at night about something then made a pass ? Sneak back in without the wife knowing. Was his finger prints, hair etc taken . Was their house searched.
Taeholic wrote: » I completely agree. I think Ian Bailey loves the attention and notoriety of being the chief suspect for whatever bizarre reason. I can't understand Jules standing by him until this year, there wasn't an ounce of love displayed between the two of them. Strange relationship. Perhaps the rumour of the late Garda being the killer is credible. I wonder why this was never mentioned past the comment from Ian about the blue Ford being driven erratically. Either way Sophie never got justice.
Deeec wrote: » Her husbands reaction to her death was very strange. Sophie died in December 1996, he had a new baby with another women by March 1998 and was remarried by June 1998. He didnt mourn Sophie for very long.
Deeec wrote: » Last night it mentioned she was wearing her night clothes and boots. If she was fleeing from somebody would she have had time to put on boots? Also if she was trying to get away from somebody why did she go towards the road? Why didnt she go towards her neighbours house which was close by? Did she go down to open the gate for somebody?
fryup wrote: » she definitely knew her killer and was expecting him (or her- who knows) that night, a heated argument ensued and she was killed in a fit of rage ....and as others have alluded to i find it hard to understand how her neighbours didn't hear any commotion unless they were heavy sleepers
fryup wrote: » hmmm baby born in march 98 would have been conceived in the summer of 97 just 6 months or so after her death, not very mournful behaviour alright..although maybe their marriage was on the wain anyway, both having extra marital affairs? she definitely knew her killer and was expecting him (or her- who knows) that night, a heated argument ensued and she was killed in a fit of rage ....and as others have alluded to i find it hard to understand how her neighbours didn't hear any commotion unless they were heavy sleepers
lukin wrote: » The time of death was never established which was a big handicap in finding the killer. John Harbison was very unprofessional to not get to the scene of the crime as soon as possible. He knew he could get away with it I suppose. The Garda investigation was inept, no doubt about that. Deliberately inept? Possibly so. What has come to light in the years since regarding Garda corruption makes that easy to believe. The Gardai were not used to dealing with homicides so that was another factor in the mishandling of the case. Also the time of year being Christmas didn't help. A sort of an Irish "erra I can't be a###d attitude" was there I think. It doesn't matter if it is Christmas though, you still have to do your job. All in all a bit of a cock-up, the Irish justice system failed Sophie and her poor family. I know murders occur all the time and the killer is not brought to justice but it still makes me sad.
AdrianG08 wrote: » I wonder did she travel much in Ireland outside of West Cork during her previous travels here? Possibly meet another man from elsewhere in Ireland who had visited her from time to time? There is potentially an individual nobody has even mentioned (non local) who was very familiar with where she lived.
fryup wrote: » excellent point, we shouldn't concentrate on west cork all the time, more than likely she would have hired a car and travelled around the country on occasion and also what airport did she use? Dublin? Cork? did she stay overnight in these city's? did she meet some guy in a bar? have a fling? countless possibilities to consider
AdrianG08 wrote: » What has Bailey got to say about his alleged confessions he made to other people? i.e to the young lad in the car and I think there was another also. Does he contest that or claim he was joking or what?
fryup wrote: » anyone got a link to this Podcast, that's mentioned a lot here
am_zarathustra wrote: » It's clear from the way he goes on he's fond of hyperbole and ill advised humour. Also if half the town think you did it it becomes a psychological defense mechanism. .
am_zarathustra wrote: » It's on all the podcast apps, Spotify, Audible (originally theirs) or podcast addict. It's just called "West Cork". It's brilliant stuff, very strange and compelling story
fryup wrote: » and who's behind this?? someone local? a blow in? a Bailey associate?
yourdeadwright wrote: » Marie Farrell the women who witnessed the man late that night on the road was the key to this but with the length of time it took for her to come forward that ship has sailed , Her story about the head Garda getting naked in her house still baffles me , makes me think the Garda where up to all sorts and may have more to hide
PokeHerKing wrote: » Or she herself could be mad. She claims to have seem the same man following Sophie the morning of her death. Then she spots the potential killer on the way home. Seems pretty coincidental that this woman was at the centre of this drama. I'm leaning more towards bored country housewife looking for a buzz and maybe it all got away from her.
yourdeadwright wrote: » Ye very possible could be why the man in the car with her was never named Although i always thoughtful maybe it was a Guard in her car ,
AdrianG08 wrote: » Had to laugh at her trying to act coy and secretive, wouldn't say it would be in her nature to not tell the whole world something that would get her a bit of attention. She is the definition of the unreliable witness. Her description of the man outside the shop was funny too, long coat, sallow skin, a beret, trying to make him sound as french as she could.
Addle wrote: » How come she was never charged with something like perverting the course of justice, or wasting Garda time?
listermint wrote: » Does the violence of the murder point towards a rage. Rage from the murderer being found out for something else. E.g an affair. Like I'll let your wife know about this you wait and see. These style murders are often rage induced to protect the preparator from exposure not of the murder at hand but another act known to the victim and the murderer. Does seem to have the hall marks of a jilted lover though with the visit back to Ireland at that time of year.
