Bailey: I asked DPP to consider charging me

Ian Bailey has confirmed that he has contacted the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) three times since late summer to reconsider a decision not to charge him in relation to the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 20 years ago.

He first lodged the unprecedented request with DPP Claire Loftus in August after French authorities decided to charge him in absentia with involuntary manslaughter.

The French authorities are also seeking his extradition, on foot of a second European arrest warrant, to stand trial in Paris.