West Cork Murder. This series brings together an incredible cast of characters many of. Murder Most Local Historic Murders of West Cork features true historical murders from Clonakilty to the Beara Peninsula. A court in Paris convicted Ian Bailey who is originally from Manchester in absentia for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. How Irelands most notorious crime is unsolved after 24 years Sophie Toscan du Plantier was brutally murdered in 1996.
1996 December 23rd. On December 23 rd 1996 the sleepy West Cork town of Schull suddenly became synonymous with a grisly crime. Sophie Toscan du Plantier a French film-maker was brutally killed outside her isolated holiday home in West Cork in 1996 destroying a small communitys image as an. There are no witnesses and no known motive. In 1996 French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is found dead near her holiday home. Murder Most Local Historic Murders of West Cork features true historical murders from Clonakilty to the Beara Peninsula.
Murder victim Sophie Toscan du Plantier PA Ms Toscan du Plantiers battered body was found on an isolated hillside in Toormore near Schull west Cork.
Following her death and the numerous arrests of Bailey no charges were brought against him for her murder. In 1996 French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is found dead near her holiday home. This series brings together an incredible cast of characters many of. She was 39 at. There are no witnesses and no known motive. In 1996 a few days before Christmas the island of Ireland and more specifically the town of Schull in West Cork was rattled by the mysterious and brutal murder of French writer Sophie Toscan du Plantier.