Bailey partner seeks files ahead of damages action

Ian Bailey’s partner Jules Thomas is seeking access to state files for her action against the State for damages arising out of the Garda investigation in to the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Ms Thomas’s application for disclosure of documentation in her case against the gardaí was adjourned at the High Court yesterday.

Last month, Mr Bailey, aged 56, who has always denied any involvement in the murder of the French filmmaker outside her holiday home in West Cork in 1996, was granted orders giving him access to documents in state hands for his compensation action against the State.