Journalist Eddie Cassidy recounts the aftermath of the brutal murder and outlines how the French film-maker had come to love her time in West Cork

Journalist Ian Bailey said he believes to this day that there is a French connection to the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Lawyers for journalist Ian Bailey have sought more time from the High Court in order to mount their case to contest a request by French authorities seeking his extradition in connection with the murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Planiter in Cork 13 years ago.

A GROUP established in France to uncover the truth behind the Co Cork murder 12 years ago of Sophie Toscan du Plantier yesterday welcomed the decision by the Irish Government to send two senior gardaí to Paris to assist in the investigation.

THE Government has handed the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder files over to the French embassy in Dublin.

The Government today handed the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder files over to the French Embassy in Dublin.

THE family of murdered French socialite Sophie Toscan Du Plantier has dropped a civil action against self-confessed suspect Ian Bailey, it was confirmed yesterday.

THE murdered Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier was in the early stages of pregnancy at the time of her brutal death.

THE family of murdered Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier is expected to seek damages of about 1m from a man living in West Cork.

THE family of murdered French woman Sophie Toscan du Plantier are seeking High Court damages against the man they believe was responsible for her death.

FRANCE’S most celebrated film maker Daniel Toscan du Plantier died unexpectedly yesterday without seeing justice done in the investigation into his murdered second wife, Sophie.

MURDERED Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier, who endured a terrifying death in west Cork six years ago, had expressed a desire to have a baby.