Ian Bailey Case: ‘Bailey did not appear troubled at Christmas’

Ian Bailey did not appear to be a “very troubled individual” when reciting a poem for a video of the Christmas Day swim in Schull in 1996, a local woman told the High Court.

Florence Newman said she got a fright when she saw scratches “like squiggles” on Mr Bailey’s right hand after he responded to her extending a hand to him to wish him a Happy Christmas. He had recited a poem for her while she was using a camcorder.

She believed the tape of the film was later given by her father to the gardaí.