Ireland Crime

Named as

Suspect

Offences

Murder

Where

Co. Cork

Reporting

1 report, 30 Aug 2021 to 30 Aug 2021

Outlets

corkbeo.ie

• Gardaí seek international DNA match in West Cork murder probe Murder · Co. Cork

  Sophie Toscan du Plantier, a 39-year-old French filmmaker, was beaten to death with a rock at her holiday home in Toormore, outside Schull, West Cork, on the night of 22 to 23 December 1996. English journalist Ian Bailey, 66, was twice arrested in connection with the murder but was never charged in Ireland; a Paris court convicted him in absentia in May 2019 and sentenced him to 25 years, though Irish courts refused to extradite him. Bailey died in January 2024, and a Garda cold case review has been ongoing since 2022. In October 2024, Gardaí seized an unedited podcast recording of Bailey, and in May 2026 they are seeking international help under the Prum Convention to identify DNA found on one of the victim's boots.

  Convicted, 2 Jul 2021Suspect · 1 report

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1. 30 Aug2021
   Othercorkbeo.ie, in Gardaí seek international DNA match in West Cork murder probe

   Ian Bailey should not be 'afraid' of a new trial in France say Sophie's family

   suspect, Jean-Pierre Gazeau, male, named, non-irish (judged from name)Jean-Pierre Gazeau♂

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