‘Deliberate corrupt behaviour’ alleged

Journalist Ian Bailey’s case against the Garda commissioner and the State is not about negligent investigation of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier but about "deliberate corrupt behaviour", a High Court jury has been told.

Mr Bailey will say a Garda jabbed him in the arm and told him gardaí knew he was the killer of the French film-maker in West Cork in 1996, his lawyer Tom Creed outlined. Mr Bailey will also say a garda said: “If we can’t pin this on you, you’re finished in Ireland. You’ll be found dead in a ditch with a bullet in the back of your head.”

Mr Bailey will say those remarks were made to him in a patrol car when he was arrested on February 10, 1997, on suspicion of the murder, counsel said.