Ian Bailey expects to be rearrested

Ian Bailey expects to be rearrested “within the next few days or maybe weeks” for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Facing the prospect of a murder trial in France, Mr Bailey has now said he will write to the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General and the chief State solicitor in a bid to clear his name.

He wants Irish authorities to charge him in this jurisdiction with the murder of the French film-maker in West Cork two decades ago.