State denies claims of Du Plantier corruption

STATE solicitor Malachy Boohig yesterday strenuously denied accusations that an investigation was underway into claims of corruption and misbehaviour by gardaí involved in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder inquiry.

The accusations were made by solicitor Frank Buttimer at a sitting of Bandon District Court, in Co Cork.

He was making an application to have gardaí return a number of personal items seized from Ian Bailey, a self-confessed suspect in the 1996 murder in West Cork.