Decision on Ian Bailey extradition due on March 18

THE decision on whether to extradite journalist Ian Bailey to France in connection with the killing of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Co Cork 14 years ago will be given on March 18.

Mr Bailey, aged 53, The Prairie, Schull, Co Cork, was in the High Court when Mr Justice Michael Peart heard final legal submissions on the extradition proceedings.

Mr Bailey has always denied any involvement in the killing of Ms Toscan du Plantier, 39, whose body was discovered near her holiday home in Schull on December 23, 1996.