GSOC investigation: As many questions as answers in report

After seven years, the Gsoc report into the handling of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier paints a grim picture of lost evidence and deliberate acts of removing key documents, but falls short of offering any sense of justice, writes Noel Baker.

Lost among the pages of the report by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission into the many complaints made by Ian Bailey, Jules Thomas, and Marie Farrell comes this line: “The Commission has also been informed that the garda investigation into the unlawful death of Ms du Plantier is still open as no one has been charged with her death in this jurisdiction.”