Ian Bailey Confirms He Will Challenge French Decision To Charge Him Over Death Of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
He plans to go to the European Court of Human Rights
61 year old Ian Bailey confirmed that he had been informed by his French lawyer, that the French equivalent of the Supreme Court, had rejected his appeal following a hearing in Paris on Wednesday.
Speaking today, Ian Bailey said that he was not surprised by the latest French ruling which was the final avenue open to him under French law to overturn the decision to charge and prosecute him in relation to the death of the 39 year old mother of one.
He also expressed his anger at the fact that the Irish Dept of Justice, the Irish authority liaising with the French authorities, failed to pass on a request from investigating French magistrate, Judge Patrick Gachon in 2013 to interview him as part of his investigation.
Mr Bailey added that if he is tried in absentia in France and found guilty of voluntary homicide, all the French authority will have done is convict an innocent party:
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