Marie Farrell yesterday insisted she was telling the truth when she told a Garda inquiry a detective sergeant apologised to her over an incident in which she alleged he exposed himself to her before saying words to the effect “fitting up” journalist Ian Bailey was a “turn on”.

Marie Farrell denied in the High Court it was she who initiated most contact with Det Garda Jim Fitzgerald.

Shopkeeper Marie Farrell yesterday told the High Court she saw a male stranger on the road between Goleen and Schull at about 2am on December 23, 1996, hours before the body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found near Toormore, Schull.