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

There is no right of way marked on the landregistry maps, but that does not mean there wasn’t some sort of agreement.

Irish rights of way and easements can cause lots of arguments and are not always understood properly.

The shed and the land around it (not the whole field) has since been acquired by Pierre-Louis, Sophie’s son .

In his statement Finbar Hellen said he saw Sophie’s shadow in the kitchen over the weekend. Was he going/coming from the stone outhouse when he saw into the kitchen?

Ah thank you, he did say house, for some reason I had thought it was the kitchen. Did strike me as odd though how you notice a shadow on a fleeting glance by!

Finbarr Hellen and Alfie did not get on, there had been fencing/boundary issues and Alfie's dog worrying Hellens' sheep. Finbarr would have no business in Alfie's shed, but if he was close enough to see Sophie in her kitchen you'd wonder where he was? Unless he was visiting Sophie, he would have no business beyond the gate in the lane.Then again maybe he could see her from there.

She's ruled nothing in or out

She stated that a random killer and french hitman are not likely

Nothing definitively on bailey either way

And a morning murder is a possibility that may have been overlooked

She's an excellent poster

And ya I'm not bjsc but I believe that's accurate. She'll correct me if wrong

I have ruled nothing in or out and I have always said that if I found anything concrete which indicated Ian Bailey's guilt I would not hesitate to go to the authorities. What I have said is that, given the known facts, there are more viable suspects than Bailey. Particularly if you allow for the possibility of a morning killing.

So I believe.

Like who and why ?

You're definitely not me.

In what sense?

No. I wouldn't disagree with any of that.

You may think so - I couldn't possibly say.

Excellent Post!

You are the difference between Professionally trained crime scene personnel, and us armchair detectives!

The very fact you can form a theory based on over 30yrs experience is mouth watering to us pretend sleuths.

The location has always got me, it makes no sense, it's in the middle of nowhere -... The brutality of the killing was hate driven in my opinion.

Look at these two points above, also, nothing appears to have been stolen, note the bleak winter nights and cold winter temperatures....

The photo posted before this one, clearly shows fencing & fence posts ready to be installed.. Was this a source of disharmony?

Was there a dispute as to where the fencing would be mounted? Were boundary lines defined? Was access being cut off to some proposed right of way?

This vicious murder occurred way out in the sticks, in the middle of winter, with not one iota of evidence left by the murderer......

Somebody pulled the door shut in the cottage... The keys were inside, so it was hardly Sophie (realistically). Sophie's blood was found on the door and was possibly transferred there from a downwards sweep of the door handle.. No other blood was reportedly found around the front door area, which may suggest the blood was transferred there from another source (murderers sleeve?)

Why would the killer care if the door was open or shut?

A robbery gone bad just doesn't stack up.. These guys want cash, jewelery and a fast escape route A hired assassin is just as daft.. Unless they hired Frank Spencer... The extreme lengths of violence the killer went to are not common - There was a degree on rage & anger here!

I am convinced the murderer is from the locality - And probably a lot nearer than people feel comfortable with.

Look at the extreme violence inflicted during the cocked up assassination attempt in Dublin over Christmas. That's not to say it was an assassin, just that yes they can make mistakes, and criminals can inflict huge amount of violence if they deem they have been 'provoked'.

Bjsc has surmised that the stranger killer and the hired hitman theories are not likely to have occured

That reasonably leaves the prime suspect Bailey as the likely murderer

After that the most likely correct theory is the local dispute over access etc.

This was an anger fuelled killing by someone who knew or 'knew of' Sophie