Bailey to get documents for case against State

Documents required in a damages action against the State by Ian Bailey and his partner Jules Thomas arising from the Garda investigation into the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier are to be handed over by the end of September, the High Court has heard.

The latest development means the actions, in which the couple are separately suing the State for compensation, could get under way in the High Court before the end of the year.

Mr Bailey, who has always denied any involvement in the murder of the French filmmaker outside her holiday home in West Cork in 1996, had already obtained a court order gaining access to a range of documents in State hands for his upcoming action for compensation.