Who was Sophie Toscan du Plantier and what happened to her?

IT WAS a crime that shocked both Ireland and France, when Sophie Toscan du Plantier was brutally murdered Cork.

Now her story is set to be told in a new Netflix docu-series.

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Who was Sophie Toscan du Plantier?

Sophie was born in Paris on July 28, 1957.

She worked as a TV producer who was staying in Cork, Ireland at the time of her death.

Sophie was 39-years-old when she was murdered.

She was married to fellow French film producer, Daniel Toscan du Plantier

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What happened to Sophie Toscan du Plantier?

The French woman was killed at her holiday home in Schull, West Cork two days before Christmas in 1996.

The gruesome crime happened on December 23 1996, the Garda file on the case remains open and unsolved.

The body of the glamorous 39-year-old TV producer was discovered near her remote Irish cottage with her skull crushed.

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Who murdered Sophie Toscan du Plantier?

Journalist Ian Bailey was arrested twice and convicted in absentia in relation to the murder, but maintains his innocence and has never been convicted in Ireland.

He was tried in absentia in France after winning a legal battle against extradition on May 31, 2019 and convicted of murder by the Cour d'Assises de Paris and sentenced to 25 years prison.

France was hoping to secure an extradition from Ireland on the basis of this sentence but on October 12, 2020, Ireland's High Court ruled that Bailey could not be extradited.

Later that same month, the Irish State decided not to appeal the High Court's finding ending the attempt to extradite Bailey.