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

But there is plenty about other suspects. The first on the list of suspects was Sweeney, the local peeping tom. Lived just over half a mile away along the old track from Dunmanus. He had used the track to visit Alfie on occasion I believe.

The travel agent in Galway where Sophie was a regular visitor before she bought the house in Dreenane reported a sallow skinned man that fitted the description of the man in Marie Farrell's early statements. He reported it to the local Garda and when he discovered the information was never passed to the West Cork Gardaí he went to the French embassy only to be told "they had their man", as far as I know he was never interviewed.

Bruno, Sophie's ex lover was checked, and his alibi stood up.

Locals Pecout and Wollney were checked.

The local couple who had cause to visit the immediate locale on a regular basis were questioned "agressively" (their words).

As you say there was probably plenty more on the list we know nothing about

In fact Bailey was not lised as a suspect until 4 days after the murder, at which stage there would have been quite a list I'd say.

And the person who committed the crime - IF they were among those interviewed - will have lied, of course.

I mean, who wouldn't?

There were other suspects and persons of interest initially, but all were ruled out very quickly within around 8 days, before even DNA results were in, which is somewhat baffling. Since then, there have been no new named suspects or persons of interest.

Since there is no hard evidence against anyone, including Bailey, the only way any of the other suspects could have been ruled out so early is by having an alibi, almost all of those alibi's are questionable

I'm only focusing on the evidence that has been released, which is the opposite of speculative. No evidence points to anyone in particular. Therefore to be ruled out requires an alibi. How else would you rule someone out?

I don't know what you're talking about here, I'm not pro-anyone, I'll try and repeat it clearer.

Within the first 8 days the Gardai ruled out the 50 or so persons of interest. To rule someone out they would have to believe they could not have done the crime because they were not there at the time the crime was committed. They ruled out everyone except for Bailey, do you agree?

An alibi is a claim, it doesn't have to be proven.

It is a fact that everyone on the list claimed they were somewhere else at the time of the murder, and the guards believed them, and subsequently (within 8 days or so) they each were ruled out except for Bailey.

But you're stating that all 50 had alibis

Almost all the alibis are questionable

Yet gardai ruled out all 50 persons of interest within 8 days despite almost all of the alibis being questionable

Do you see my train of thought here ?

Your statements don't stack up

It seems to be an exaggeration or wild speculation so let's call it as it is

I'll Iay it on the line for you

I believe you are making sh1t up to further an argument that gardai should be looking at these 50 persons who were ruled out

You're stating that somehow 50 persons of interest were ruled out within 8 days despite almost all of the albis being questionable

Back up your claim that 50 persons of interest were all ruled out within 8 days

And that they were all ruled out despite almost all of their alibis being questionable

I simply don't believe it

I have nothing more to add on that

What is your source for the claim that almost 50 persons of interest had questionable alibis yet were ruled out

Is this information in the public domain anywhere

Be specific please, not general. Let me break it into the 3 points in your statement and tell me which you have an issue with:

1. "There were almost 50 persons of interest". This has been referred to frequently on here, do you dispute it?
2. Alibis were questionable. I don't want to go through every single alibi in order, but suffice to say it was almost 12 hours in the middle of the night in winter, and just about everybody who was within driving distance was in bed at home, alone or with their family (except for Marie Farrell who said she was out, and Bruno, who had a receipt in France). This is obvious. Do you dispute this?
3. All other persons were ruled out. This is evidenced by the fact that Bailey was sent to the DPP for protection. Only one person can be prosecuted for the same crime, therefore all others were ruled out. This is obvious, do you dispute it?

It's a compound question, which I broke into three answers. If you have a problem with any of my answers let me know. Otherwise I'm fine to agree to disagree.