Sophie’s family seeks garda files

THE family of murdered French woman, Sophie Toscan du Plantier, are to step up their campaign to catch her killer by seeking to obtain all garda files on the case.

Lawyers ave indicated they will apply to the Irish courts to obtain extensive garda documentation on the crime in a bid to prosecute her attacker.

The battered body of Ms Toscan du Plantier, aged 38, was found a short distance from her holiday home near Schull, Co Cork, on December 23, 1996.