He died earlier from a heart attack, very curious guy whatever you think of him. If he didn’t kill Sophie Toscan du Plantier he certainly didn’t help himself by his attention seeking behaviour.
It's possible but but on what we know he either saw her once from a distance or was briefly introduced to her.
I just think she was barely on his mind.
It's possible he decided to go to Alfie Lyons house for a party also and then for some reason he knocked on her door.
It's also possible he bumped into her in Schull that Christmas in a shop or pub. It's possible that he's lying about how well he knew her.
But based on what we know, he barely knew her or that she was even in the house that Christmas. I can't see what would've compelled him to go to her house that late on a freezing cold night at Christmas.
perhaps the neighbours fell out
It happens. And it happens more often than the implausible scenario AGS outline for Bailey to be the culprit.
As does husbands getting rid of inconvenient ex wives.
As does criminal gangs getting rid of inconvenient witnesses.
past criminal history is a form of evidence , of course it is. Haha classic victim blaming.
Doubt they waste too much resources on other theories and persons not of interest
The more senior officers usually examine the crime scene and deduce what likely happened ie; late nite caller rebuffed here
Bailey seemed to come into the picture very quickly as chief suspect for some reason rather than the usual scenario where that would happen later
So they had the working theory and chief suspect very quickly
They had the right man imo but fuckked up building the case against him
The likes of Alfie and other fanciful theories such as the French hitman would be eliminated early on
No forensics and the eyewitness testimony a cockup meant they couldn't prosecute
If AGS received new evidence which would have incriminated bailey then they would probably have acted on it already. I'd assume that the new team still have nothing of worth (but hope I'm wrong).
Motive is burglary or intruder?
Where that info come from
Link ?
Gardaí are pursuing a twin-track investigation into the unsolved murder.
Ms Toscan du Plantier was apparently confronted by an intruder at her holiday home in the early hours of December 23 and then chased across a field and down the laneway.
Her clothing is believed to have snagged on barbed wire, allowing her killer to catch up with her. She was then bludgeoned to death with a rock and a concrete block. Gardaí described the attack as frenzied.
I would also think it was possible that there may have been multiple attackers, not just one.
its not victim blaming at all, just pointing out the reality of it and possibly the reason she didn't boot him out
if she thought he was a killer, would she have let him stay, come on
past criminal history is not allowed in evidence in the same way as statements of someones good character aren't allowed.
so no
It’s allowed when finding suspects. I don’t think there’s enough evidence to convict Bailey , but this is a message board.
it isn't evidence though, theres no evidence, other than hearsay and lies
Regards Thomas, she does appear to have given conflicting alibis for Bailey, first saying he was in bed all night, and then changing it to say he had left the house and returned in the morning.
For me his alibi is central to his role as a suspect. I don't believe there is a single witness to him doing what he said he did, writing an article for a Sunday paper.
He didn't help his own cause or the garda investigation with the conflicting alibis.
A rock solid alibi is the number one way you rule yourself out as a person of interest. He didn't have one, just one based on his own word, which is obviously not good enough.
Why were the french looking to extradite Bailey? Sophie was a french citizen but her murder took place in Ireland.
you need to read a newspaper once in a while
it took place in ireland is the key, irish courts said no
if you look at the french court you would be wary of ever setting foot there
well as I said , the scum got the end he deserved.
The red flag for me was when he said "I know I am innocent" instead of "I am innocent".
It's not logical that if you know that you are innocent that you are innocent.
Very weird turn of phrase. A better detective would have grilled him on that.
I'm not sure if that's a red flag at all tbh.
Either am I and I wouldn’t be a fan of his lol
Have you a link to where he said the phrase and specifically in what context?
Many countries, France included, have a legal concept of Universal Jurisdiction or extraterritorial jurisdiction, where certain crimes committed either by or against their citizens abroad can be prosecuted in said county.
Ireland also has provisions for extraterritorial jurisdiction in certain cases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction_in_Irish_law
💥 Analyzing Ian Bailey's RTÉ Interview: True Crime Body Language (youtube.com)
my body language analysis of that clip is that they dont have a notion what they are talking about and thankfully aren't allowed anywhere near a court
I would rather have them doing the detective work than the guys who actually did it.
you can have your own laws but other countries don't have abide by them
I asked a fairly specific question.
Do you honestly expect me to watch 90 minutes of quackery to ascertain if the answer is even in there?
Just so we are clear, no I won't be doing that.
100% no
again, no one has come up with anything specific the police did wrong in this case, perhaps other than listening to a bad actor witness
Indeed, and that's why Ireland didn't extradite him to France.
I don't care if you do or not. But its there.
Bailey was British not Irish.
That for starters. A big chunk of the case methinks.
