Cold Case Review of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder to proceed. **Threadbans lifted - see OP**

Vast majority of posters here over the last 6 months are only saying that there’s not enough evidence to convict Bailey to the standard of beyond reasonable doubt- nothing more. I’m one of those posters. If new evidence was uncovered that would point significantly to Baileys guilt I’d happily support it.
But with no DNA, no eyewitness (unless you count the ever changing stories of Marie Farrell ) no clear motive (unless you include the dreamed up motive of sex by the Gardai) and an alibi that has been to date, impossible to disprove and some reported “confessions” that could easily be mistaken for sarcasm, then yes, the level of evidence against Bailey amounts to a big fat zero right now.

The Gardai have wasted millions of taxpayers money on investigating one man when there were multiple other people , some of who committed suicide or died not long after the murder, that could well have been considered equally or even more worthy of concentrated investigation

Both actually -not enough evidence to convict - zero credible evidence

And the people who are “pro-Bailey “ are who again?

Thought so

There isn't enough credible evidence tying Bailey to the murder. That's just a fact.

The whole discussion has too much turned into a "pro Bailey" and "anti Bailey" group. I'd rather turn it to a "evidence beyond reasonable doubt" vs a pointless "Bailey did it, regardless of every lack of evidence".

Even if Marie Farrell's story was true, it would also not be evidence for murder. It could have been any of us being out for a breath of fresh air and a good distance away from the murder site, but still it wouldn't be enough to convict for murder. It just shows how desperate the Guards were to frame Bailey and even how dumb they were. Why didn't the Guards coerce somebody else to state that they've seen Bailey murder Sophie? They could have had enough on somebody else to be coerced? Maybe Bolger, Hellens or Alfie? Why precisely coerce Marie Farrell? Was she the easier victim for the Guards to be coerced because she was cheating or possibly cheating on her husband, and would give in to the Guard's demands easier?

I think the cold case review should also include the motivation for the Guards to coerce Marie Farrell.

Not only Marie Farrell but also Martin Graham

https://www.newstalk.com/news/exbritish-soldier-who-claims-detectives-gave-him-cannabis-in-order-to-get-close-to-ian-bailey-674879

Nope, it's what I said if you actually read what people are saying.

I can read, thanks. I know what I see. Welcome to my ignore list.

I could also never think of a sexual motive for Bailey. He had Jules for any intimacies, as far as we know he also never cheated on her, also he probably also didn't even know that Sophie was at her cottage just before Christmas.

There are only a handful of people who knew with a level of certainty that Sophie was at her cottage and that she was alone there. The Ungerers, her husband, Finbarr Hellens and Josie, Alfie and Shirley, probably one or the other publican as well. Most likely not even Leo Bolger or the German musician. Not even sure if Bruno would have known about the trip to Ireland? ( I think she asked him to come? Also some other friends she asked in France? )

And that was the obvious motive for the killing of Sophie. The motive that Bailey himself spoke of. He new of her, he saw her in Skull, he thought of her on the night and went up to see if he could sleep with her. She rejected him and he lost control. It has been the most likely motive for a few decades now and the revelations about this other French journalist backs it up further. Like you've said, some have tried to dismiss this motive for some reason. Obviously, the current team investigating the case haven't dismissed it and are in fact, still seeing it as the most likely scenario that occurred.