Ian Bailey RIP - threadbans in OP

He wouldn't have been a suspect at all only for that lunatic Marie Farrell who was getting boned by all the guards in the area ,the cops coerced her to say she saw him that night near the bridge.

Years later she admitted she was lying

So let's say he did do it .do you really think he'd tear up to the scene of the crime with Sophies nail marks on his face and arms just to write a story for a paper and risk his whole existence, and go there early .

He was a first class Dickhead and a violent man but he's definitely not thick.

Framed by the cops who hadn't a clue about anything.

And do you really think he'd murder a woman he didn't even know well cos he didn't like his poems,

Please

As is the same for every other person on the planet.

If you want a good insight listen to Mick Clifford on the matt cooper show yesterday. Mick knows his stuff and he was clear that there was hardly any evidence, the Guards made a mess of it and the French trial was a show trial with evidence submitted that would never be allowed in an Irish court. He didn't like bailey but he is very clear there is no useful evidence. In particular he mentions the fact the crime scene was open to locals for over 4 hours, the gate went missing, DNA from another many was found that was never identified and the Guards case was based on an eye witness account that he was seen 2 miles form her house which was later withdrawn.

Tbh, it's not even clear if the Gardai built a suspect list that went beyond Bailey...

The tree and turkey thing were verified by third parties though. If he sustained those injuries at a crime scene, he would have left plenty of DNA evidence but he was equally happy to volunteer a DNA sample.

deffo watched too much TV, put it in the milk, or the WINE

His conviction was over turned on appeal and he was re-tried and found not guilty then. It's 25 years ago and some years since trial, appeal and retrial but as unattractive an oddball as George was strong argument he didn't have mental and physical capacity, (with Asperger’s, brain damage, ADHD, learning difficulties and epilepsy) to do what some have described as a hitman style murder. There's two theories that suggest can't be dismissed out of hand:-

Was model Lisa Brinkworth the real target of a hitman who shot Jill Dando? That's the theory buried in French legal papers, as our compelling dossier reveals on the eve of a major new Netflix investigation | Daily Mail Online

And

Jill Dando's murderer revealed: Crimewatch kill was ordered by Mr Big - Mirror Online

The 'Mr Big' is from a notorious North London crime family of Irish origin who at the time 'ran' London. In the 12 months before her death their main 'enforcer' and main money launderer were murdered and Mr Big's brother was jailed after a period of about 15 years where the gang's main leaders avoided conviction. The gang threatened journalists: a well known English crime journalist who died in 2022 was 'warned off' writing about them with remarks that 'if I were you I'd purchase some portable insurance, get in some target practice and be very careful of big trail bikes in your immediate vicinity.' In a year where this gang were under very considerable pressure and allowing for fact that 3 years earlier 1996 Veronica Guerin was shot- don't see this as an outlandish theory.

I would suggest you as you havent been cleared of it in a court of law, so must be guilty

And he made this approach... out of the blue to a woman he barely knew if knew at all ... in the middle of the night at a property he likely had to walk several kms across fields in the middle of the night in the middle of winter?

It sounds very doubtful \ implausible to me and always has as an angle.

It is possible it happened that way, but if that is the basis for AGS case against Bailey, it does not make for a likely or most likely suspect.

If Ian Bailey is the named suspect in the file that will eventually reach the DPP, then Gardai must have evidence above and beyond that which has been discussed ad nauseum through documentaries and discussion forums for the last 20+ years.

There is no single or series of pieces of evidence in the public domain that could possibly convict Bailey (were he still alive) - they’ll want to have a hell of a lot more information and evidence after all of this case review - otherwise it was a complete waste of time money and effort

In order to establish a credible suspect you would need to establish a credible motive.

Unfortunately the unwavering motive that was established by rural guards in mid 90s Ireland was purely sexual.

Bit of an exotic bird who enjoyed the odd affair (clutches pearls) was a prick tease down the pub, of course some local deviant headed off in the dead of a winters night with cock in hand, drunk and stumbling miles through fields and back roads unwilling to take no for an answer.

Sophie was 5 foot 4, 100 pounds wet, I'm not saying she would have not have tried to fight off someone trying to sexual assault but in reality the likelihood is she would have been over powered by a much bigger male.

There is zero tangible evidence that this crime was anyway sexual in it's nature.

The cold case review team are establishing a motive based on either an intruder or a burglary. Which looking at the scene and circumstances would make some sense.

Probably too late now though to build a potential suspect.

not evidence

now apparently they had a very abusive relationship both ways, no excuses as he is much bigger than her, this is why she didn't leave

but why do you think she didn't kick him out? especially if she thought he was a killer?

they weren't married