Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a french writer and documentarian, who owned a secluded holiday home in the picturesque west Cork town of Schull, Ireland. Days before Christmas 1996, she was found savagely murdered in the lane way leading to her house. The case remains unsolved, but that doesn’t mean the matter hasn’t been heard before the courts. The prime suspect, Ian Bailey, took a defamation action against eight newspapers for reporting that he was the prime suspect in the case.

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Sources:
Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier (Dublin: O’Brien Press, 2012) Purchase here

Eoin English http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/ian-bailey-to-fight-conspiracy-loss-352393.html 

Mary Carolan https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/witness-claims-garda%C3%AD-gave-him-money-and-drugs-to-befriend-ian-bailey-1.2064719 

http://www.thejournal.ie/ian-bailey-costs-decision-2033938-Apr2015/ 

Mary Carolan https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/ian-bailey-ordered-to-pay-all-costs-from-failed-damages-action-1.2209298
 
Barry Roche https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/give-me-a-crash-course-in-ian-bailey-s-high-court-case-1.2162935 

Barry Roche https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/ian-bailey-case-marie-farrell-evidence-derailed-action-1.2160459 

Barry Roche https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/ian-bailey-to-consider-appeal-after-receiving-high-court-ruling-1.2342325 

Denise Calanan http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/ian-bailey-case-ten-things-you-need-to-know-31105366.html 

Barry Roche http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ian-bailey-to-ask-dpp-to-charge-him-over-murder-1.2748474 

Eoin Reynolds http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/ian-bailey-s-lawyers-object-to-french-extradition-application-1.3040374