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 hard to take Marie Farrell seriously.
Her story changed numerous times.
She did definitely see a suspicious man outside her shop when Sophie was there though as there were other witnesses.
I'm just guessing he's informally cleared.
The media know nothing and are just copying each other's stories.
So one outlet made it up and the others copied it?
So if the Irish times are not making it up 😁
Looks like the file on Bailey will go to dpp for adjucation on whether there would have been a prosecution
So probably no leaks before that
https://archive.is/0jrc3
I've always found it so strange that the man who Marie Farrell was with in the car that night was never asked to corroborate her supposed sighting of Bailey. Marie Farrell refuses to this day to name him and yet her eye witness account was entered into evidence in the Garda file to the DPP. It beggars belief really.
It's just one example of how badly and negligently the Gardai handled the investigation. They had 2 options when she refused to name her bit on the side:
1. Completely discount her witness testimony as she was unwilling to identify the sole person who could corroborate it.
2. Put pressure on her to name the man with her in the car.
In the end they did neither and took her testimony as evidence despite it's glaring flaws. And then of course the accusations of it being a coerced/coached testimony came out.
If it wasn't true it'd make for a great TV crime drama about Police incompetence.
Retracted statement around 2005 I think it was - stated Gardai coerced her to amend her account of a person she saw to match that of Bailey - the person she saw was apparently about 5’8- Bailey well over 6’
That is more than incompetence it is malfeasance and unsafe conduct. Witness statements, evidence lost and then the Jobs Book deliberately tampered with to cover up.
A recipe for miscarriage of justice.
Strange take on it I must say. or maybe you didn't think it through very well.
Do you not think if Bailey asked Jules to back up his story about getting up to write the article (his alibi) they would have gotten their stories right?
A great article from Vincent from back in the day
Would be interesting if professionals like these, looked through Bailey's interviews;
Might give a good indication, of which are lies and truth.
man who Marie Farrell was with in the car that night was never asked to corroborate her supposed sighting of Bailey.
What is stranger is that someone who was actively trying to frame someone else for murder and admitted was in the area at the time, was not considered a suspect or suspects.
There was multiple murder weapons. Therefore it could have been possible especially given the sporadic extent of her injuries there could have been multiple attackers.
But sure none of that points to Bailey 100% being the killer.
Pretty sure you can find something along those lines on YouTube, I remember 4 guys on a split screen discussing his body language.
They did initially or maybe you didn't think your reply through
If you're following so far Jules folds under interrogation and admits he left the bed
What do you think the consequences would have been if she knew about the murder
"If you're following so far Jules folds under interrogationband admits he left the bed"
Ah ok. So she initially said he did not leave the bed, and would Baily have said the same?
Completely forgot about Papadopoulos from Big Brother original series. But considering she herself was duped in a scam hardly an expert is she 🤪
Joking aside, Bailey gave little away that you could hang him with - sure you could get one of these “experts” to comment on his interviews but the vast majority of what they’re saying would be bullshit- not least because Bailey was never convicted of murder by the Irish courts - so saying his lying or covering up or compensating or whatever would be pure speculation only- we could all do that it’s not hard.
He stuck by a story - a story that was actually quite simple - he got up, did some work, went back to bed - how fcking simple is that when you think about it? 😀
And maybe that’s been the problem from day 1- his account of where he was during the time of the murder can’t possibly be disproved- regardless of how many bullsh1t stories emerged relating to events post murder.
he didn’t rely on complications like fish shops miles from his home or missing suitcases or 1000s of euro in savings gone - it wasn’t even a “story” - just a very simple statement.
There has been no proof offered that she initially said anything about Bailey not leaving the bed.
I have asked, several times.
Take your pick;
Jeez, what a whinge.
This page started on the death of Bailey and is already on page 31. Lets face it, Bailey is a major character of interest and sells newspapers. If i was an editor in needs of sales and hits, I would run countless stories on Bailey regurgitating the same idle speculation.
If you asked me what I did on the 23rd December going into the 24th December 2024 I’d have a real issue answering that. I’d need to check with a couple of key people before I could provide you with an account I’d be happy standing over - even then I may well make a mistake first time round about times or indeed even activities completed.
Id argue if you did nothing of concern that night, you’re probably more likely than not to provide inaccurate information which you’ll later want to correct- especially if you’ve subsequently conferred with someone else who can remind you of key facts
Jules challenged her official statement Gardai say she made to them - a lot of theories of what happened have subsequently been based on this original alleged statement - determining truth from falsehoods at this stage is near on impossible
https://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1128/663236-jules-thomas/
Though, the murder locally coming to light the following day, would mark it out.
She indicated in the original questionnaire that they had both been in bed all night and she repeated it when she was arrested. It was only after Gardaí informed her that Ian was seen at Kealfada Bridge on the night of the murder that she admitted he had gotten out of bed and she didn`t see him again until the morning.
On one hand, yes it would focus the mind on that date- but in a general sense and at that time - give you a number of weeks, throw drink into the mix and your recollection may vary
Come on now, if a murder happened in your extremely rural village you wouldn’t remember what you were doing that night a few weeks later? That isn’t based in any sort of reality whatever.
I don't think there's anything suspicious about cloudy recollections of a night over a month ago.
I think that's normal.
i think so!! Ffs that logic of you wouldn’t remember what you were doing that night is absurd.
Ya has to be he told her say I didn't leave the bed cops wont believe I got up to write an article
When the alibi folded he defaulted to the cover story , he got up to write an article
She knew nothing about the murder believed he got up to write the article
He did the murder and left an article on the table for Jools to see
You would probably have a good idea of what you did in the main, but could easily forget or mixup a minor point or point that seemed trivial at the time. Especially if it was after a night out drinking.
Bailey Getting out of bed is the key question that appeared to differ between the statements - weeks had passed, drink was taken on the night in question- whilst both Bailey and Jules could state in general terms about their movements that previous evening and into the night, it’s not beyond possibility that such an action of getting out of bed was not mentioned - you could argue that maybe it was deliberately not mentioned for obvious reasons but if you’re innocent it could just as likely have been an oversight subsequently corrected- especially considering the stress of being arrested
a minor point? So 1 - He was with her all night 2- He was gone half the night. 1 - Alibi 2- No alibi. How is that a minor or trivial point at all, even from her point of view.
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