Farrell told garda he was a ‘pervert’

Call showed ‘close’ relationship between garda and Bailey witness

A recorded phone conversation suggested a “very close” relationship between a detective garda and a key witness in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation, counsel for Ian Bailey told a High Court jury.

Tom Creed SC put the claim to Jim Fitzgerald, now retired, after the jury in Mr Bailey’s civil action heard a recording of his conversation with Marie Farrell on October 9, 1997.