Ian Bailey’s partner, Jules Thomas, wrote to the DPP requesting he be charged with Sophie Tuscan du Plantier’s murder and they could receive a "fair trial in Ireland" and be put out of the "mental torture" being inflicted on the couple.

A packed Court Three shows the huge level of interest in the case, writes Michael Clifford.

Journalist Ian Bailey’s case against the Garda commissioner and the State is not about negligent investigation of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier but about "deliberate corrupt behaviour", a High Court jury has been told.

Ian Bailey told the High Court he moved to Ireland from the UK for a different life after he became "somewhat disillusioned" by journalism.