Ian Bailey challenge: 24-year fallout from case has taken toll on all sides

A change in 2019 to the law governing European arrest warrants removes one of the protections that was afforded to Ian Bailey by the Supreme Court in 2012

Ian Bailey, 63, arriving to the High Court on Friday for his extradition hearing. Picture: Collins Courts

The investigation into the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier remains active.

The status of the case was confirmed by a spokesperson for An Garda Síochána this week. As such the police are still looking for the perpetrator, and open to receiving any evidence that might advance the case. Ms du Plantier’s badly beaten body was found outside her holiday home near Schull in West Cork on December 23, 1996.