THE High Court has ruled Ian Bailey is not entitled at this stage to certain Garda files and documents for his action over alleged wrongful arrest in connection with the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork in 1996.

A DECISION on whether to extradite journalist Ian Bailey to France in connection with the killing of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Co Cork 14 years ago has been deferred by a High Court judge.

A HIGH Court judge has reserved judgment on whether to extradite Ian Bailey to France, where he’s wanted in connection with the killing of a French filmmaker here 14 years ago.

Ian Bailey today said he is relieved that a woman who made statements implicating him in the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has now said they were untrue.

A KEY witness who made statements to the gardaí in the investigation of the murder of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in West Cork nine years ago, has now claimed important aspects of statements she made to the gardaí were false.

IAN BAILEY lost his libel action because Judge Patrick J. Moran ruled the newspapers did not identify him as the murderer of Sophie du Plantier.

"I went up there with a rock and bashed her f***ing brains in," Ian Bailey said to a 14-year-old boy in Schull, Co Cork, almost seven years ago in relation to the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, it was claimed today.