A three-part documentary series about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Co Cork is to be broadcast next year by Netflix, and the makers have been given exclusive access to Ms Toscan du Plantier’s family. The series, which is being made by award winning documentary making company, Lightbox, will also include interviews with Ian Bailey, who was convicted last year in his absence in France of Ms Toscan du Plantier’s murder at her holiday home at Toormore near Schull in 1996. Director Jim Sheridan has been working with Ian Bailey (pictured) on a documentary about the death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier for more than six years. Bailey maintains his innocence.”The Lightbox documentary is the second documentary series to screen next year on the murder with Oscar winning Irish director Jim Sheridan’s documentary series on the killing, ‘Murder at the Cottage: The search for Justice for Sophie’ due to screen on Sky early next year. Mr Bailey was twice arrested and questioned by gardaí about Ms Toscan du Plantier’s murder but never charged in Ireland after the Director of Public Prosecutions decided he should not be prosecuted.

Source: The Irish Times November 16, 2020 16:07 UTC