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EP83: The Murder Of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier Part 1

Sometimes everyday life can get too much, or perhaps the fast pace of living in a busy city can become overwhelming.

When one needs a break it might help to visit somewhere peaceful so you can relax & get away from it all .

And that kind of escapism is exactly what 39 year old tv producer Sophie Toscan Du Plantier was seeking in the winter of 1996 as she booked a flight to her isolated holiday home she used a little retreat in the quaint town of Schull, West Cork Ireland ….

Tragically what Sophie hoped would be an idyllic vacation would soon turn into a hellish nightmare, as her battered body was found just days before Christmas .

She had been brutally murdered in her isolated home by a vicious & unknown assailant.

Sophie’s murder was poorly investigated & her crime scene compromised from early on, leading to her case going unsolved for years.

That is, until charges were finally brought against the main suspect British journalist Ian Bailey despite him not being in the country to face his sentence…

Whilst some members of Sophie’s family believe ian Bailey was indeed her killer,

others believe the identity of the real culprit still remains unknown to this day.

In today’s episode we look at all the different factors of Sophie’s tragic murder, how different mistakes led to a brutal killer remaining free, & the injustice that her family continue to suffer knowing no one has served any prison time for Sophie’s brutal killing ……

This is episode 83 :

The murder of Sophie touscan du Plantier

Sources: Wikipedia/ bbc.co.uk/ Irish Mirror/ The Irish Times / West Cork podcast /Reddit/ IMDB

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