Murder at the Cottage | Sky

I've sent him a message to ask him anyway, if he has a problem with it I'll remove it.

It's been mentioned before.

What's more "Fiona" and her driver turned around in Toormore and headed back towards Goleen. There was no mention of her seeing someone on the road.

Did the person turn down the Ballyrisode Beach road or did they go into a house off the Toormore to Goleen road?

In five minutes or so there aren't many places the person could have gone, no more than a quarter mile or so.

Paul has no problem with the PDF being shared, his response was:

A few things indicate that Sophie had a companion, not only at the petrol station.

While the Guards made it known they believed they knew Sophie's movements on the few days she was here, it seems obvious there is no evidence of her movements from about 4pm on Saturday to 3pm on Sun. 'As far as can be ascertained' by Michael 'the fantasist' Sheridan she was at home on Sat night. There are no phonecalls from the house during that time (in fact all day) and the presence of her car there wouldn't be proof of anything as she could have been picked up by somebody or have been dropped off by someone who was staying with her.

Earlier on Saturday ;

"Finbar Hellen and son Jon walked over to Toormore and saw Sophie's car

at the cottage. Finbar almost walked up to greet Sophie but did not.

However he anticipated she would come out to talk to them and did not,

which he registered as unusual to the extent that he told this detail to the police"

"Finbar (Hellen) and John pass by Sophie's house once again. Again Sophie does

not come out. Finbar saw Sophie's shadow in the house."

Then from RTE;

"Other sources suggest the telephone itself was found beside the bed. Sophie

was not in her usual 'raised' bed that night, from where she could see the

Fastnet lighthouse. She was sleeping in another room. One source

suggests this was for warmth as her boiler was believed to be out of action

and the normal bedroom was too cold."

Maybe she was sleeping in another room?

Two wine glasses, two chairs by the fire?

But that's just circumstantial evidence.

I`m not so sure the Crimeguy timeline is accurate. Foster provides the Sean Murray statement in his book. Murray was the attendant at Hurley`s garage who put petrol in a blue or grey `96 reg Fiesta. But he says it was between 2 and 3pm. Crimeguy has the blonde female and the tall male at the petrol station between 15-00 and 16-00. Murray was also uncertain of the date. He said...."before Christmas, most likely Friday the 20th." Sophie collected the keys of her hire car at 2-30. She couldn`t have been in Skibbereen before 3pm. Murray goes on to say...."I am sure this car was a Fiesta and that it was a hired car because the hubcaps were missing". Sophie`s Fiesta did have hubcaps.

I think this sighting is a red herring. It is also interesting that people here have been saying that the hire car would have had a full tank. Therefore Sophie wouldn`t have needed to buy petrol. CCTV has her alone on arrival at the airport. She was alone in Schull on the Saturday. The passenger seat was back to the full in her car. This doesn`t mean she definitely had a tall passenger at some point. She could have let back the seat to put luggage on the floor in the front. If she did indeed buy a bag of firewood in Ballydehob, she could have placed it in front of the passenger seat. Her boot would have been full of luggage.

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I thought about that too, the difference in bleeding between heart beating and stopped would be much more pronounced if a larger blood vessel was torn, otherwise I think it's similar types of soft tissue seepage that would be evident.

which could me anything or noting...

You can only have a logical based analysis, a motive based approach, as well as a financial or benefit based approach. Who benefits from her death the most? I also think that the motive for the murder was very strong. After all, who of us would hike for 1 or 2 hours at night in the cold moist air, possible even lashing down rain, to Sophie's house murder her, and hike back with at least as much planning to know that she was there, and she was alone. ( and if driven risked that he could have been seen, the license plate recognized, etc... )

Nearly all murder cases are down to money / financial benefit, drugs or drug relates matters or love and relationship matters.

Other than general violence a lust for murder or a thirst of blood, or a general anger, Bailey would have had absolutely the lowest of the low in terms of financial benefit to Sophie's death. Daniel Toscan du Plantier would have received a financial payout from the life insurance on his wife and avoided a messy and costly divorce. A drug trafficker would have protected his income by silencing Sophie.

Thus this case can only be profiled like the Jack the Ripper case. We have no evidence anymore, hardly any witnesses, and questions which should have been asked 25 years ago, were not asked back then.

The murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has become nothing more than a subject of discussion in a pub on a long winter night.

I honestly wouldn't buy any of those houses. They are all overpriced, and too isolated and too many "oddball characters" like Bailey or Alfie move there. For a trip to the pub you need a car, plus one can't drink very much if one is driving so the craig is limited, and even for basic shopping for food you need a car. If it serves as a holiday home you'd need a rental car for the whole duration of the stay. Only other option is bringing your own car taking the direct ferry from France, if one doesn't mind the rough seas, - it's a trip over open Atlantic with occasional swell.

Yes, the area and the countryside is something one can fall in love with, however I'd prefer the structure of a village setting as a minimum and still enjoy the outdoors and the hiking. Kinsale would be the top choice in the area, but also Clonakilty or Skibereen, if one prefers it more rural.

Everything about this case is strange, like the purchase of the cottage itself. A cheating husband giving a cheating wife money to buy a cottage in an isolated part of Ireland, and he never even goes there with her? Based on the behaviour it seems like he's happy when she is away from him.....