Court reserves judgment on Bailey extradition

A HIGH Court judge has reserved judgment on whether to extradite Ian Bailey to France, where he’s wanted in connection with the killing of a French filmmaker here 14 years ago.

Gardaí arrested the Cork-based Briton in 1997 on suspicion of murdering Sophie Toscan du Plantier, whose body was discovered near her holiday home in Schull in West Cork on December 23, 1996.

Mr Bailey, of The Prairie, Schull has always denied any involvement in the killing of the 39-year-old and the Director of Public Prosecutions decided not to charge him.