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.
I think a lot more will be written in years to come about that relationship that maybe cannot be written today for whatever reason
Do you have a theory?
Hahah
It's assumed she left through the front door as that's the door she used most often and her keys were on the inside lock.
Maybe she was killed be a horse or two…
I agree with the Garda theory and can see enough holes in baileys story to believe he's the likely killer
Gardai were incompetent and should have done more with what they had
Also fabricated the eyewitness evidence to secure a prosecution
What other theories should I be considering?
i wonder if Bailey was cooking the turkeys on the same bonfire he was burning his clothes in?
French hitman with rocking horse.
Have a look on the other thread Tom. I wrote about various theories there in detail. If you had done your research you would know
I think ithe murder was organised by Daniel or the neighbours next door were responsible - that's my theories. Both had motive and opportunity.
Imagine buying that gate at a Garda auction thinking it was unclaimed stolen property
What you don't know won't bother you. If you do find out, put it up on donedeal and some Ghoul will pay good money for it.
Lol
How do you theorize the husband arranged the hit ?
Hitmen For Hire in Cork page of the French Yellow Pages.
See post I did earlier today - it will save me writing it out again. Ignore the first paragraph - that's just about Sophie's visit to Cork
“Who the hell buys a Christmas tree on the 23rd of December? They’ve already got them up.”
Back around then, it could easily be the 23rd when the tree went up in our house, I remember one year it was Christmas Eve
Is it confirmed they were about to divorce ?
Having a mistress may not be that unusual
Seems risky sending a hitman to Ireland rather than doing it in France
Have the family ever voiced any suspicions about the husband , they seem adamant it's bailey
He had a couple of ex wives I wonder did he send out the boys with rocks to them too
I don't think it was the husband.
I think it was someone close to her in Cork. A local.
Not Ian Bailey. He barely met her once.
I'd like to hear it confirmed they were about to divorce
Ya can't plan for the block killing but maybe he was instructed not to use gun or knife cos that would look like a contract killing, so any sort of beating
How do you know he barely met her once? His house was 3miles from hers. Not exactly a whole heap of other houses around either.
Or she!
That would mean bailey was gone the whole night writing or fell asleep doing it
And the reason they concocted the alibi was the story would be disputed or not believed
I did wonder earlier is this plausible if he didn't kill her
Other issue he came back in morning with a new scratch (on head) Jules asked him and he said it was a stick.
To me the contract killer or an other is less likely
Something about baileys false alibi and the different ways he got scratched is just too implausible to be legit
To my mind anyhow
He's a drama queen that senan baloney
As far as we know, they barely knew each other.
She only had the house 3 years so was only in Cork a few weeks in total probably.
To me it seems personal. Rage, anger, resentment.
just seems like a stretch that he wouldn’t have made it his business to know her based off their backgrounds. Did Leo’ Bolger not confirm that he was keen to show her his poetry? Pretty sure I listened to that in West Cork podcast.
what trial was he found not guilty in ?
No trial! Found guilty of assaulting his partner , guilty in his murder trial in France, lost most elements of his civil cases as well.
That is certainly one plausible theory.
But another would be it was concerted panic.
What have we 3/4 potential murder weapons?
There were reports that breaking into the holiday homes to steal alcohol was a problem in the area. There was a rather unique bottle of French wine found a few fields away, months later. This also disappeared from evidence.
Did someone break in thinking the place was empty whilst someone outside kept watch?
Was she assaulted as she fled and in blind panic the person or persons who beat her to death were afraid of being identified.
Her injuries were extensive and everywhere, back, front, legs, head, knees.
Sure 1 man intent on murderous rage would concentrate on the head, unless someone was already beating the head and someone else beating the body. Were some rocks thrown at her.
If the comment is true that the Guards narrowed the suspect pool to a local aged between 25 and 40. The investigation could have been doomed from the start.
Was everyone with a history of burglary, whatever age interviewed?
