Murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier: His son wants “justice to be done”

Unpunished for twenty years now, the murder of the producer and wife of Daniel Toscan du Plantier could finally be elucidated.
In July, an investigating judge decided to refer the Assize Court Ian Bailey, former Irish journalist of 59 years suspected of killing Sophie Toscan du Plantier December 23, 1996 in Schull. At the foot of this house which faces the Atlantic and in which she liked to recharge, the French producer had been found dead, the body massacred with stones.
On Europe 1 on December 22, Pierre-Louis Baudey Vignaud, the son of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, reiterated his desire to know the identity of the killer and to see him pay for what he did. For him, there is almost no doubt that Ian Bailey is guilty. ” In view of dozens of elements, the doubt of the guilt of [Ian Bailey] I do not know if we can still have it. Today he is accused and we need him to come meet ” did he declare. The son has made the elucidation of this murder the struggle of his life. ” For about two years, I myself put myself forward to search for the truth and for justice to be done ,” he said. ” I do not have a need to talk [of this case] but need to give an answer to my daughter when she asks me the question ,” he said, visibly moved.
In France, I will never have a fair trial. I am condemned in advance
Asked by Le Parisien , Ian Bailey said he was ” the victim of a conspiracy ” and maintains his innocence. ” It is obviously very difficult to live , said the former journalist. I was arrested twice and my wife, our house was searched several times, my journalistic career was shattered … J I was wrongly appointed by the police and I have been fighting for twenty years to prove my innocence! ” The man cries to the manipulation and does not hesitate to accuse in his turn. ” I am a victim of a conspiracy, the police wanted to trap me , claims there. They changed the declarations of my companion in custody and influenced the witnesses, telling them that I was guilty. In 2005 the woman who said he saw me near the crime scene was retracted by explaining that police had pressured her. “When asked why he sometimes said he had killed the wife of Daniel Toscan du Plantier, he replied: ” by dint of hearing everyone say it was me, I took the party to laugh it was the second degree.. ”
Dismissed before the assizes in France, Ian Bailey will not go to his own trial. ” In France, I will never have a fair trial. I am doomed , he said. Everyone believes me guilty there, and, first, the family of the victim. ” For the latter he briefly filled with compassion: ” I want to tell them that I have nothing to do with this murder They were duped by the police, they are victims, but my companion and I are also the… “