West Cork murder: Paris verdict does not close case

Only hearts of stone would be unmoved by the enduring distress with which the son of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, murdered in West Cork almost a quarter of a century ago, lives.

To the pain of losing a mother in his teenage years must be added the frustration caused by the inability of the Irish and French legal systems, after numerous police investigations and court hearings, to have the case closed with a convicted murderer behind bars.