EPISODE 2. “The Point” met Ian Bailey in Ireland. Found guilty of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in France, he lives free in this country, which refuses his extradition.
From our special correspondent in Schull (Ireland), Émilie Trevert
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Sn the terrace of a cheap hostel, despite the rain, a man in shorts and panama with feathers talks with two young people. He crushes his cigarette butt in the ashtray. The two boys laugh heartily with him. Ian Bailey is a local attraction. Considered a murderer in France, he is a free man in Ireland (a country which has always refused to extradite him despite three European arrest warrants).
We are in Glengarriff (West Cork), less than an hour’s drive from Toormore, the place where the French producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier was brutally murdered on the night of December 22 to 23, 1996. Since her ex- companion, Jules Thomas, threw him out of his cottage, Bailey ended up in this coastal village, renowned for its mild climate, its kayaking trips and its…
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