Du Plantier group welcome decision to send gardaí to Paris

A GROUP established in France to uncover the truth behind the Co Cork murder 12 years ago of Sophie Toscan du Plantier yesterday welcomed the decision by the Irish Government to send two senior gardaí to Paris to assist in the investigation.

Supt Liam Horgan of Bantry Garda Station and Det Gda Jim Fitzgerald of Bandon Garda Station travel to Paris this week to meet the French inquiry team. They are to be quizzed on the Garda investigation into the brutal murder.

Lawyer Alain Spilliaert, a member of l’Association pour la vérité sur l’assassinat de Sophie Toscan du Plantier (The Association for the Truth about the Murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier), said that it was another important step in the family’s efforts to have their daughter’s killer brought to justice.