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Toscan du Plantier family lawyer dismisses call to overturn Bailey murder conviction – The Irish Times

A lawyer for the family of murdered French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier has dismissed calls by a former Irish public prosecutor for the French authorities to overturn the conviction in France of chief suspect Ian Bailey for the killing. Alain Spilliaert said that he didn’t wish to engage in “a polemic” with Robert Sheehan, a former solicitor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), but it was simply not possible for the French ministry of justice to overturn...

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Family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier hope European Commission will assist their efforts to have Ian Bailey extradited

Family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier hope European Commission will assist their efforts to have Ian Bailey extradited

THE family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier are hoping a call by the European Commission for Ireland to comply with mandatory time limits for European Arrest Warrants will help their case. The family were devastated last week when the Irish State decided against...

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