Jury in Ian Bailey case considers verdict

The jury is out in Ian Bailey's damages action against the State over claims gardai conspired to frame him for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

Jury in Ian Bailey case considers verdict

The jury is out in Ian Bailey's damages action against the State over claims gardaí conspired to frame him for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

The High Court case has been at hearing for nearly five months.

The jury has to decide whether members of the gardaí conspired to implicate Ian Bailey in the murder of the French film-maker.

They also have to decide if there was a garda conspiracy to obtain false statements from shopkeeper Marie Farrell stating that Ian Bailey had intimidated her.

Ms Toscan du Plantier was bludgeoned to death outside her holiday home in Schull, West Cork in December 1996.

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