Sophie was pregnant when she was murdered

THE murdered Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier was in the early stages of pregnancy at the time of her brutal death.

The announcement to her husband, Daniel, in Paris, may have been made from her West Cork retreat on the weekend she was killed.

The revelation Sophie was expecting was later conveyed by her husband to a French-based journalist. However, film-maker Mr Toscan du Plantier died last year without establishing proof of Sophie’s condition.