Former journalist Ian Bailey - who was a key suspect in the murder of French film maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier - has claimed gardai warned him that someone threatened to harm him at his market stall.
Mr Bailey said he was informed yesterday morning while setting up his market stall at Schull Farmers Market in Cork by two members of An Garda Siochana that information was received that someone had made a threat to harm him at the market.
In a statement to The Star, An Garda Siochana stated it does not comment on named individuals or unverified speculation. And in the wake of the Netflix documentary ‘Sophie: A Murder in West Cork’ he says he is still considering taking legal action against the makers over its ‘biasedness’Sophie: A Murder in West Cork was released a week after Jim Sheridan’s five-part documentary, Murder at the Cottage, both about the murder on December 23, 1996.
“The suggestion is it was probably the coat I wore when I committed the crime that I had nothing to do with and that I destroyed it in a fire.