DPP review emerged after 10 years

A REVIEW by the DPP’s office criticising the Garda investigation into the murder of French film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier, and outlining why the DPP decided not to prosecute Ian Bailey only came to the attention of the Department of Justice 10 years after it was completed, the Supreme Court was told yesterday.

The contents of that review, provided to senior gardaí in 2001 and to Mr Bailey’s lawyers last November on the advice of the Attorney General, are expected to be addressed by Mr Bailey’s lawyers today.

He is appealing a High Court order for his extradition to France in connection with the 1996 murder.