Lawyers for Ian Bailey ask why it took French authorities 22 years to hold du Plantier trial

Mr Bailey is wanted in France to face a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of Ms du Plantier

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Lawyers for Ian Bailey have questioned why it took French authorities 22 years to hold a trial for the murder of filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier in the Englishman's absence.

Earlier, the judge presiding over the extradition hearing Mr Justice Paul Burns expressed his condolences to the family of Ms du Plantier, whose badly beaten body was found outside her holiday home in Schull nearly 24 years ago.