Cold Case Review of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder to proceed. **Threadbans in OP**

This report gives a good explanation of why most of that evidence has been disregarded by the DPP.

I dont think the killer would have assumed or chanced that she was alone - it was Christmas afterall - nobody would assume someone ( a wife and mother) would be alone at Christmas.

The killer knew she was alone for certain in my opinion.

I agree. During one of his confessions, he outlined what happened and it's a very believable scenario, especially compared with the other theories. He spoke about it in the second person:

"You saw her in Spar and she turned you on, walking up the aisle with her tight arse. You went to see what you could get and she was not interested.

You chased her. It stirred something in the back of your head. It went a lot further than you intended."

Since the time of death isn't known - it could have been anywhere from around midnight to eight or nine in the morning, in theory it could have been anyone in the whole country - you could drive from Malin head and be on your way back in that time.

It's clear that it was a frenzied attack where someone had lost control. Again, the Hollywood scripts of some hitman coming in and trying to make it look like a random attack or frail neighbours plotting to kill the foreigner to get revenge for some dark land dispute. It's just crazy stuff.

Yes, far too little is known about the whole circumstances. If the time of death was known, it would be different. Suppose the murder was really as "late" ( in terms of the timeframe from midnight til morning ) as 8 am in the morning, it's a bit hard to think it was Bailey. He'd have to hike back, shower, change, and be back with Jules and her family staying over, - something he most likely couldn't have done by say, 7.30 or 8am. And then the risk of being seen, blood all over his clothes.

Incidentally, when was Bailey seen in the morning of the murder for the first time and by whom? Is that known?

I am also surprised that they never established a time of death. It sould have been easy for any local doctor to do so, simply based on when rigor mortis sets in. So that's also a bit odd.

You don't know what a Hollywood script can be like? A man hiking at night in the wilderness could be very well part of it. Lot's of potential, evil things lurking in the dark, people get frightened in the dark...

Money can be a big motive for murder, also depending how desperate one is.

The infidel husband facing a costly divorce whilst already in bed with the next future wife would with utter certainty have been the financial motive number one. Remember his next wife got pregant quite soon, if not even before Sophie's death, and they married quite quickly after Sophie's death as well.

If anybody was running drugs in the area, the were in my opinon not big time dealers, - nobody seemed to have an excessive lifestyle and everybody knowing everybody else in that part of the world, it would have stood out easily. Even if Alfie and Bolger were running drugs, it was small time, their motive for murder was probably not any financial loss, but avoiding jail time.

Is it known how Alfie and Shirley made a living? Possibly only a small retirement from somewhere, nothing fancy. They didn't even bother renovating the house, - the next owner did so, when Shirley sold, - that much is known. So I am guessing Alfie and Shirley sure weren't having lot's of money.

One thing that's an indication for Bailey is that Bailey was known to have taken longer walks at night, - apparently howling at the moon.

This doesn't say, it's evidence for murder, however just an indication he would have found Sophie's house with ease if he was to hike there at night. He most likely knew back roads as well, or where he could cut over a field.

There were only a few number of options.

• The Gards were incompetent to gather evidence, let alone fiber, fingerprints and DNA.
• The killer or killers had a lot of time on their hands to clean up the murder site, even though the house, only missed the stain at the door.