French authorities ask for Du Plantier evidence

The State is agreeing to hand over material including medical records, writings and drawings to French authorities investigating the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, a judge heard today.

Dublin District Court was told that the Minister for Justice was complying with a request to assist them in their probe into the death of the 39-year-old French film producer, who was was beaten to death near her holiday home in Schull, in west Cork, in December 1996.