Creative, principled, caring: a portrait of the forgotten Sophie Toscan du Plantier
In the 25 years since her brutal death in west Cork two days before Christmas, we have often lost our sense of the real Sophie Toscan de Plantier. Nick Foster attempts to redress the balance
Nick Foster
The trial of Ian Bailey for Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s murder will stay in my mind forever.
The presiding judge at the Central Criminal Court in Paris opened proceedings in May 2019 by reading out the indictment and the details of the killing in the west Cork townland of Toormore.
