Cold Case Review of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder to proceed

So contrary to what you said, no photo exists of Bolger arriving alone to check on his horses with the gate still in place. You`ve been peddling misinformation in an attempt to undermine his story that Bailey went up to Alfie`s when Sophie`s remains were still at the scene.

Bailey thought his visit to Alfie may have been on the 27th. Bolger thinks it was either the 24th or 25th. Bolger says Sophie`s body was still at the scene, implying it was the 24th. Bailey acknowledges he brought briquettes up to Alfie. It is established that Bailey purchased briquettes on the 24th. Leo looks more honest by the day.

Well it obviously wasn't the 24th if Bolger only got the call at 4.30 pm.

Fair enough, what time did Bailey purchase the briquettes?

Bolger is going through the field before the pathologist moved the body. Harbison arrived at 10 a.m. I believe, the body was moved at 11.30 a.m. to cork regional and the post mortem began at 2 pm approx.

According to Denis O'Callaghan, owner of a small store at Lowertown Schull,

"Bailey had come into the shop around noon on Dec 24. …… He asked for a new saw blade. He left and went back half an hour later to collect the tool and bought chicken food, two bales of briquettes and a litre of bleach." (Michael Sheridan)

So he hadn't bought the brickquets before Sophie had been moved.

I am not trying to question anyone's honesty or dishonesty. I have presented photos and statements from the original file so that people can have a balanced view. I have not made any of this up, it is there in black and white. You are entitled to your opinion just as much as I am to mine. All I have tried to do is address some of the anomalies that you yourself raised. Please don't make this personal.

What happens to the horses, they just don't get fed, they have to starve for a whole day and night? Doesn't seem logical, you're hardly going to let that happen. Did Alfie feed them, or Finbar perhaps?

Leo says they usually got fed around 9.30 to 11.00, except I guess on these specific days when Sophie is around, quite the coincidence alright. And what was Leo doing all that time between ten p.m. and 4 p.m. If he slept late he was obviously up late. Maybe he watched the same movie as Alfie….

Fair enough. I'm not sure of when the next time Alfie or Shirley left after the murder. Were they told to stay put or what, I'd be trying to get away from the place for a while.

That's an interesting aspect of things. Sounds like he raped her, or was he just in that other woman's bed and she kicked him out?

I only knew that he propositioned to one of Jules daughters, but not certain if that was ever a serious consideration or not.

I often thought that if Bailey did it, Jules knew about it. Of course she would have denied that all the time, but she would have noticed, not right away, but over time, seen possible evidence, blood, etc… On the contrary, if so, they both would have had a stronger alibi for each other. Something down the lines like they slept the whole night in bed after many drinks in the pub, never gotten up, he made her coffee in the morning, something like this.

Also the night of the murder was when all the daughters of Jules were staying over. So Bailey could easily have been seen by any of them when he was leaving and coming at night, so he might have made up that story of going to the studio and typing some article for the paper?

On the matter of the" rock " csn it be said that DNA from this is conclusive

I would need to something definite on bailey if they try to hang it on him again

At this stage with Bailey already being thrown under the bus in life I'm probably hoping dna points away from him

Bailey made fundamental mistakes as well. He should have challenged that French court with the European court of justice. Maybe he lacked finances or it was a strategic error, don't know.

The French verdict was clearly a kangaroo court to appease an influencial family and their friends. It was also not evidence based.

I would personally fear for my life if I was to live in a country where one can be sentenced for murder without any form of evidence beyond reasonable doubt.

After the verdict, I see France in a dubious light.

"Bailey didn`t buy the briquettes for Alfie, so all that stuff was a waste of time."

And I hate wasting my time. I acknowledge the briquettes were likely for his own use along with that bottle of bleach.

"Leo couldn`t have seen the body 2 days later on the 25th"

True.

"What he probably saw was the tarpaulin that had covered the body."

Anyone who watched or listened to a news bulletin would have been aware that the body had been removed on the 24th. It would have also been the major topic of conversation locally. I find it hard to believe that Bolger wouldn`t have been aware of that. That leaves us with his " 2 days". He may have been thinking of the 23rd as the first day and the 24th as the second one. In terms of his recall, the important bit is that he remembered the body was still there indicating it had to be the 24th.

"he was with Senan Moloney on the 26th."

Based on what Moloney said about the encounter, Bailey was uncomfortable about approaching the cordon by that point…"Oh no, you`re on your own now." etc.

"Bailey was probably correct when he said he went with Leo on the 27th."

The 27th is three days on from the removal of the body. So I`m inclined to believe Leo. Never mind. Every cloud has a silver lining. If they ever find his DNA you can always argue "Sure wasn`t he up there with Leo on the 24th."

If I couldn't see it I wouldn't have posted it.