Sophie: A Murder in West Cork - Netflix.

Am I aware? What a ridiculous question.

Are you aware there are lots of unsolved murders out there that we can't place anybody at the scene for? So why do I need to be aware of someone else? You really don't have a clue about murders.

Are you aware of how many people in the area have a 'violent history'?

Are you aware the murder could have been carried out by someone not from the area? With or without a violent history?

So it is irrelevent, neither necessary not sufficient nor in any way indicative of guilt.

And why on earth would you lead with confessions as placing him at the scene. If it's a confession it doesn't just place him at the scene, it's a confession of murder.

So there's no actual evidence he went up there.

The bizarre roundabout way you use it to put him at the scene instead of the whole shebang even shows you don't have confidence in it because it has already been thoroughly discredited.

You are using "it seems" and "apparently". You are speculating. Sophie reported drugs to nobody by the way. You shouldn`t believe Gemma`s nonsense. You make a fair point about Marie`s lover boy but I suspect the gardaí considered him a figment of her imagination from quite an early stage.

There is no need for language like that.

Good thoughts. I agree with nearly all of your points.

Most importantly, the killer must have known that Sophie was at her house, a place where she didn't stay too long in any given year. So either the killer was local, noticed activity at her house, seen the parked car there, or received that information from somebody local.

The manner she was killed would suggest more a rage killing, something unplanned, but then again, if it was unplanned, how would the killer have known she was at her house. So the killer at least planned to visit her. Also, the killer, if he was professional could also have made it look like a rage killing, - if he was experienced, wanted to deviate from him, implicate a local rage killing. But then again, the killer could have strangled her, with certainty that there would not have been any noise at all.

The one thing that bothers me about the drug theory, is none of the people in question, lived the life of successful drug dealers. None owned fancy big houses, had luxury cars, or took expensive vacations somewhere, not in line with their salary. These things would have stood out by miles, and I'd say none of them would have been so smart to hid money in Switzerland and never spend anything in Ireland.....

The other thing about the sexual rejection theory that bothers me, is who would wait so long for Sophie to return to Ireland just to want to sleep with her? If somebody on the Mizen Head peninsula would have wanted casual sex, I'd suggest there would have been different choices, a lot quicker than waiting for Sophie to return to her cottage.

The only thing I really profoundly don't agree with at all, is any kind of implication that the house is so remote that it's either difficult to find, or local knowledge is needed. I myself clearly am not local, but found the house with ease, a bit of a hunch and taking the off chance included, - and that back in the days when google earth wasn't as it is today. To me the house was very easy to find, even though I've never lived in the area.

That just proves the idiots that were in the local gardai at that time if they didnt even know their locality

Ok, give me a “short set of written directions” on how to get from Bantry to Dreenane, using your cap, (not Google directions)

It could have been someone from outside but it most likely would be someone who lived locally or at least visited often.

If they came from elsewhere they would most likely have been seen but a local would not have been noted. I know there are reoprts of strangers seen but they none of these seem credible now.

The messy nature of the killing shows lack of real planning.

They weren't concerned about being seen (it seems)

The dog didn't bark.

The real problem for any possible hitman would have been a car which would blend in, most likely a rental. Due to the remote location, he would have to have driven, have to have been able to independently move around. Something small, some two door, something in colour that doesn't stand out and won't be remembered easily, either white or silver, nothing flashy yellow or red or something like that.

Then there would be the question on how much blood would really have been on the killer? Suppose the killer had a spare set of shoes ( because of possible left footprints), a spare set of trousers, shirt and jacket in the car? Plus a couple of cleaning tissues to wipe his hands off blood? This could have worked easily, changed clothes behind a bush in darkness, then drove away, slowly n, dumped the clothes into the see off some cliff.

Later on, driven on, to Dublin, returning the car, possibly taking Dublin bus to the ferry terminal, taking the ferry to Holyhead and then onward, nobody would have noted anything, - or even taking the train to Belfast, and flying somewhere.

I doubt that the Guards would have been able to track him. And yes, it's wise to keep an open mind, it's just one possible scenario.

Things like that are usually noted alright.

Which reports of strangers are you referring to?

I thought that a neighbour was minding a dog?

Ok.

"Ian Bailey has written a special poem and will recite it at the memorial."

Why would he do that I wonder? Says he didn`t know her, never even met her.

You don`t really know me at all now, do you?