Family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier contacts French justice minister over miscarriage-of-justice claims

The relatives of murdered French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier have written to France's justice minister regarding allegations of a miscarriage of justice raised in Ireland.

Family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier contacts French justice minister over miscarriage-of-justice claims

The relatives of murdered French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier have written to France's justice minister regarding allegations of a miscarriage of justice raised in Ireland.

The move comes as the Garda investigation into the 1996 killing in West Cork continues. The family has also reaffirmed its belief in the case against Ian Bailey, the former journalist who was convicted in absentia by a French court in 2019 but has never faced trial in Ireland.

The family's intervention follows what has been described as an "inconclusive" DNA setback in the Irish inquiry. Despite this, the relatives remain firm in their stance on the identity of the person they believe is responsible for the murder.

Sophie Toscan du Plantier, a 39-year-old mother of one, was found dead outside her holiday home in Schull, County Cork, in December 1996. The case remains one of Ireland's most high-profile unsolved murders and has attracted sustained attention on both sides of the Irish Sea and in France.

Source: Irish Independent

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