Ian Bailey case: Garda ‘perturbed’ at DPP letters

A retired garda chief superintendent yesterday told the High Court he asked the State Solicitor for West Cork in 1998 to raise the Garda case against Ian Bailey directly with the DPP, rather than any of his officials.

Dermot Dwyer said, after the second arrest of Mr Bailey on January 28, 1998 in connection with the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, he was “very perturbed” about some of the correspondence from the DPP’s office concerning the garda file.

In those circumstances, he said, West Cork State Solicitor Malachy Boohig was asked to meet with himself and senior gardaí at Bandon garda station on March 9, 1998. Chief Supt Sean Camon and Sgt Liam Hogan were also there, but Asst Commissioner Martin McQuinn was not, he said.