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

That’s because they were looking at the wrong suspect.

Nothing should be overlooked but equally nothing should be assumed or inferred without evidence.

Plus he was known to walk the roads by night, it was not out of character for Bailey.

I think it is possible that there were other men on that peninsula who walked home at night and had a history of violence against women.

Though all of this is much more problematical if the murder took place in the early morning rather than late at night.

but you have to admit it is strange....what would have been a very expensive bottle of wine at the time just left unopened in a ditch....empty maybe, but unopened...very strange

You are saying we should trust the Garda instincts about Bailey because they saw him in the room. Yet these are the same Guards who wanted us to trust what Marie Farrell was saying. So either they are incompetent for believing her lies or they are corruptly using her.

So these are the Guards you want us to trust their "instincts" about what they saw in Bailey???

Maybe they thought they saw a conviction for a high profile case that would get a monkey off their backs.

But one thing for sure, suggesting we should trust Guards willing to use dodgy witnesses in a fit up, who destroyed the references on how Bailey was identified as a suspect as well as witness statements is not a credible argument. That can be immediately discounted.

"As usual you're not arguing very well" - your words, not mine, but maybe you should heed them.

Unknown. But GSOC couldn't get straight answers. This should have all been documented and tracked as a standard piece of the Garda investigation.

Curious as to what extent the Garda squad investigated the possible connection between Sophie and the bottle of wine. Were there any receipts from CDG airport? Perhaps a credit card statement (albeit not specifically itemised but an indication of how much spent). Was she partial to this particular brand of wine? An expensive bottle of wine is not typically an impulse buy.

If a connection could be made, it would increase the likelihood of the murderer having gained access to Sophies' house after the event. Which I believe up till now, has never been ascertained. Despite the blood smear on the back door.

SO even when he gets the actual details wrong, he is still guilty. This is reverse engineering reasons to a predetermined decision.

Maybe he used champagne because Sophie was French???

We haven't even seen the actual article Bailey is supposed to have mentioned this in, just Senan Maloney's description of that single phrase.

Dunno

Maloney for what it's worth speculated that bailey grabbed the bottle of wine before the murder

Just another theory among many . I assume he got it from a conversation with a garda

You're ruling it out then ?

How likely is it the killer took a bottle of wine after and then threw it away

Think about that

The perception of Bailey as a suspect has nothing to do with the gardai and everything to do with multiple self incriminating statements from him. Thats why he became a focus of attention and remains so to this day.

No one has even come close to him in terms of suspicion. 27 years in and no new arrested suspects.

We don't know that because the Guards destroyed the record of how Bailey was identified as a suspect.

We do know the Guards went about generating hysteria in the local community about Bailey, as the DPP report calls out.

One of the reasons why no one has come close is because that's where the Guards focused their efforts. And we're supposed to trust Guards who destroy evidence and either are duped by Marie Farrell or willing to engage in malfeasance with her evidence.

The same Guards had Marie Farrell in the room with them.

So either their instincts are bogus or they are not to be trusted. And if we can't trust their instincts about Marie Farrell, nor can we trust them about Bailey.

27 years is a long time to be focused on one suspect. Surely they explored other avenues in that time? Fine if it kept pointing back at IB, who to be fair drew a lot of trouble on himself.

Thanks for that, it certainly works better.