Bailey witness steps up plans to leave home after car attack

THE burning of a car belonging to a woman, who was once the key witness in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation, may prompt her to leave her West Cork home sooner than planned.

Marie Farrell said yesterday that she believed a campaign of intimidation was being mounted against her — but she didn’t know who was orchestrating it.

She said she saw flames through the window of her house in Schull at around 1.30am on Sunday, and at that stage her 1990-registered Mercedes 250 D was well alight.