Old thread seems to be permanently locked. It will be interesting if anything can come of this at last.
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The "drug theory" would shine a very bad light on Alfie and possibly Shirley.
As they both lived there all year round, they knew what the neighbours were up to, when they came and if so how often. They would have known the visiting habits of the Richardson's as well as Sophy's.
They also would have thought that they would be able to do their drug business with certain impunity, - nobody there to report them, nobody to see them, etc…
Only until Sophy came out of the blue and unexpected around Christmas.
There was no dispute about who owned the shed at the time. It was owned by Alfie who lived 30 yards away.
The Bolgers were visiting the field with the shed daily to tend their horses.
In the context of the "drugs involvement" theory, I would draw a distinction between Alfie's shed and the pumphouse.
The big advantages of using the pumphouse to store a bit of weed, would be that it was easily accessible and could be kept in view most of the time and, secondly, that, should it be discovered, it would be very deniable in court.
It looks like there is no door to the pumphouse, if so access to it would have to be by lifting the felt covering. Maybe Sophie noticed the cover had been tampered with, turned off her lights to suggest she was either not there or asleep and kept watch. Intruder arrived and Sophie surprised them.
Ya that's what happened lol
You people are gas the same 6 posters with their batshit crazy theories
Any mention of prime suspect Ian Bailey is shot down immediately
I know I was once like you - I was convinced Bailey done it until I researched the case and realised there is no evidence at all to back this up whatsover. Add to this the west cork gardai shenanigans, Marie Farrell, a rich husband who couldnt care less, strange neighbour behaviour and a whole cast of west cork weirdos and there is even less of a case against Bailey.
The gardai needed to pin this murder on someone and the unlikeable, wife beating, Englishman who kept asking questions was their victim.
Why is Bailey "prime suspect" given that there's no evidence against him?
Im not convinced bailey killed her
Have never said that
He is however the only suspect with circumstancial evidence pointing to him
Not biting I know your style of posting too well
What is my style of posting? Plus you did "bite"…
No, he is not the only one! The evidence pointing to him only points if you choose to view it that way. As has been said, multiple DPPs have rubbished this circumstanmtial evidence and been critical of AGS for even trying to use it
“Ya that's what happened lol”
Your Cluedo ‘Bailey at the house with the wine bottle’ is much more plausible.
@tomhammer.. had a similar theory before they were banned. You should have a chat together.
If memory serves it was stated by a number of media outlets that bailey is the sole focus of the CCR
Not sure why he would be discounted as a suspect here
I believe the garda theory of what happened is the correct one
I believe Bailey probably killed
I am not certain he killed her
Not sure why numerous posters feel the need to constantly rubbish this idea
I've seen that claim. However, if it is true then it highlights a massive flaw with the CCR process
“Not sure why numerous posters feel the need to constantly rubbish this idea”
Much like yourself, rubbishing any idea that doesn’t involve Bailey then.
Again, what was Marie Farrell doing driving around the back roads in the middle of the night.
Well is seems the gardai had no interest in finding out the true story of Marie Farrells antics that night. She should have been charged for her lies.
My own opinion is that she was at home in bed that night.
No it doesn't
It may or may not indicate a flaw with the process depending on why bailey is 'allegedly ' the sole focus, if indeed he is
No wonder there's a cohort of batshit crazy theorists left on the thread when they don't understand simple logic
Yez are being trolled here, folks.
When undertaking a CCR my assumption is that they start with an open mind
If they don't that is a massive flaw in the process
If however their focus shifts to a prime suspect and he becomes the sole focus of the CCR that does not necessarily indicate a massive flaw in the process
The above is not a difficult concept to grasp
😁..
Your comprehension is sadly lacking, and your behaviour is just sad.
For non-stalker readers:
The 'poison' only exists in someone's head....
You only think it's a massive flaw because you still think that there is something out there undiscovered or that certain individuals need to be looked into further.
But in reality there may be nothing out there undiscovered and everyone has been looked into as much as possible.
Posters here think that just because there is no more information about aspects of this case that those aspects of the case have not been investigated enough.
This has lead to all sorts of daft theories here like Buro the French man she was having an affair with faked his alibi in France and snook into west Cork, killed her an snook out again.
Or that the pumphouse was some sort of drugs store etc.
So if the cold case team are focusing on Bailey it's probably because everything continues to lead to him and away from anyone else.
These are professional investigators, not internet sluths.
Cover now blown after non-ninja edit. As I said, sad.
Anyway, back to your Bailey Beliefs.
Edit: Original post still appears in quote above. Scroll up to see edited version (no text).
Those claims were made shortly after the CCR began. There simply wasn't time to follow up all avenues of investigation. Sure the original investigation didn't even investigate the French leads fully. So if their focus early on in the CCR is solely on one suspect, I'd seriously question the bias in the review.
Sure they don't even know for sure when the murder happened so how on earth can they rule out other suspects?
You don't know enough to determine that they're biased if they're focussed solely on bailey
You're into the realms of speculation and supposition
In fact we know nothing of the CCR except the few headlines that were printed, if they're correct at all
Not really
I thought you were advocating poisoned ham on the pet care thread until i reviewed the thread
I was mistaken and you genuinely believe i'm trolling which I'm not
I believe Bailey likely killed Sophie but get shot down constantly for it
Well if you had to hide it wouldn't it be a good as anywhere else?
As far as I know the shed was only accessable through Sophie's property. Clearly a difficult property issue?
I often thought, if Bailey had killed Sophie he would have been stronger on an alibi that night. He seems to have changed his story several times, once going to bed and later on going to the studio for work? If he really did kill her, he would never have mentioned being at the studio that night, or even give the impression he'd left the house that night.
Was in bed besides Jules all night until the morning. Nobody can prove otherwise as well.
Exactly this; someone mentioned that "All the evidence leads back to Bailey" but in fact there's almost NO evidence.
His movements that night are self-reported - getting up to finish writing an article, etc. Why would a guilty person say something like this? It is practically handing the guards a case against yourself! Jules said she never noticed a thing so he COULD have just said he slept beside her all night.
Similarly, anyone who claims that they slept alone that night is really un-provable; how could you possibly prove that you didn't leave your house, if you live alone?
The scratched hands are the ONLY visible or confirm-able evidence; and it always makes me smile - because I sing in the choir every Christmas, hands covered in scratches - from cutting and tying up holly. So I'm willing to bet that Bailey's weren't the only scratched hands on that peninsula that Christmas!
And that one detail is the only evidence that points to Bailey. Nothing else does.
Not sure the alibi panned out that way
Wasn't it that Jules changed her story and said he left the bed and arrived back in the morning with a cut on his head
and then he changed his story to say he was in the studio
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