Ian Bailey found guilty of murdering Sophie Toscan du Plantier by French court

Presiding judge Frederique Aline jailed Bailey for 25 years and ordered that a new EU arrest warrant be issued.

Ian Bailey has been convicted in his absence by France’s highest criminal court of the murder of 39-year-old Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork in 1996.

Presiding judge Frederique Aline listed all the evidence presented to the court during the trial, saying there was “significant evidence” of Bailey’s guilt.