‘You have a murderer in Ireland’: Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s son makes fresh appeal
Pierre Louis Baudey-Vignaud (40) said he was convinced there were people in Ireland who had information that could assist gardaí to bring to justice his mother’s killer. Picture Andres Poveda
The son of murdered French film producer, Sophie Toscan du Plantier, has appealed to anyone with information about her killing to contact gardaí, not just for the sake of her family but “for all the women” who are living in Ireland.
Pierre Louis Baudey-Vignaud (40) said he was convinced there were people in Ireland who had information that could assist gardaí to bring to justice his mother’s killer.
"You, the Irish people, you have a murderer living in Ireland,” Mr Baudey-Vignaud told Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show on Friday.
Mr Tubridy invited Mr Baudey-Vignaud, who was only 15 years old when his mother was beaten to death outside her holiday home in Toormore near Schull in West Cork on December 23rd 1996, to issue an appeal to the Irish people for information about his mother’s killer.
“My mother was found dead with the complete body destroyed ... Her face was … destroyed by stones. She was almost naked in the land, with scratches on the face and on the body,” he said.
“Please for you, for me, for my mother, for the justice – for all the women who are living in this country, we must end this – please call me, send me an email or go to the gardaí, for sure, you [who] know something.”
He also he urged the Director of Public Prosecutions to reconsider the decision not to charge Ian Bailey with his mother’s murder.
Mr Baudey-Vignaud defended the decision of the French justice system to convict Mr Bailey (64) in his absence in Paris in May 2019 and sentence him to 25 years in jail for the killing. The Irish courts have refused to extradite the former journalist to France to serve the sentence.
Mr Bailey, who was twice arrested by gardaí for questioning about Ms Toscan du Plantier’s murder but released without charge on each occasion, has repeatedly denied any involvement or connection with the killing of the French film producer.
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