Ian Bailey witness doubts known in 2002

It has been claimed that a newly uncovered file shows gardaí knew as far back as 2002 that there were question marks regarding the credibility of Marie Farrell, a key witness in the initial garda probe into the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

RTÉ last night said it had obtained a garda file which documents a review conducted by senior gardaí into the original investigation of the filmmaker’s death in Schull in December 1996.

Philip Boucher Hayes said the file he had obtained showed that gardaí knew as far back as 2002, when the review was conducted, that there were issues over Ms Farrell’s evidence and her credibility as a witness.