Du Plantier witness insists she wrongly identified chief suspect

A PRINCIPAL witness in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation has insisted she wrongly identified a chief suspect nearly nine years ago.

Housewife Marie Farrell has now claimed she did not recognise the man she spotted close to the murder scene.

Two years ago, she testified during a libel action that she saw the chief murder suspect Ian Bailey at Kealfadda Bridge, near Schull, a number of hours before the body of Ms du Plantier was discovered.