State will not appeal refusal to extradite Ian Bailey to France

Ian Bailey pictured leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice. Picture: Collins Courts

The State will not appeal the High Court's decision refusing to surrender Ian Bailey to the French authorities to serve a 25-year prison sentence imposed by a French court for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 24 years ago.

At the High Court today Robert Barron SC for the Minister for Justice told Mr Justice Paul Burns that the State was not seeking a certificate to appeal the judge's decision.