Murdered French producer wanted to have baby

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.

Her film director husband, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, who heads France's film industry board, has revealed the couple's baby plans in a new book.

He conceded the couple had a stormy relationship but said their marriage was in a happy state at the time Sophie took her fateful Christmas break to her Schull holiday home.