Witness ‘saw Ian Bailey trying to clean bloodstained clothing’ a day after Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder

A woman’s statement to gardaí — as well as the former suspect’s requests to garda boss Drew Harris — have led to cold-case murder review

Toormore near Schull, where Sophie Toscan du Plantier had a holiday cottage and where her remains were discovered just before Christmas in 1996

July 03 2022 02:30 AM

A witness who claims she saw Ian Bailey attempting to clean bloodstained clothing a day after the murder of Sophie T oscan du Plantier has given a fresh statement to the revived garda investigation.

The woman, who lives overseas, has now given a “key statement” to cold-case investigators, and this is forming an “integral part” of the reinvestigation into the unsolved 1996 murder in West Cork.