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Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s son has said he remains “100%” certain Ian Bailey killed his mother adding that he remains “very confident” he will be found guilty after his death.
His mother’s body was found badly beaten outside her holiday home in Schull, West Cork, in December 1996.
Ian Bailey, who died on January 21 in Bantry at the age of 66 was the main suspect in her murder and always denied any involvement.
Pierre-Louis Baudey-Vignaud said it was a “shock” when he heard of Mr Bailey’s death.
“I’m very sensitive on this subject of course, and my first reaction was to sit and digest this and now we will have peace again, in Ireland especially, and in my head,” he said.
Speaking on the , Mr Baudey-Vignaud said his grandparents who are in ill-health, are unaware of Mr Bailey’s death.
He said he remains certain that Mr Bailey killed his mother, having been reviewing the case file for 15 years alongside professionals and gardaí.
“The investigation in Ireland is still going on, I’m very confident. We must end this story.
“I am 100% sure. Ian Bailey was convicted of murder in Paris for 25 years of prison. They are professional, they investigated for almost 10 years in France,” he said.
Mr Baudey-Vignaud said at least Mr Bailey was convicted “once”.
“There was no justice really, but he was a convicted murderer,” he said adding that he has not been convicted in Ireland “yet” as the investigation is “still on the way”.
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Mr Baudey-Vignaud said the significant attention surrounding his mother’s murder which has resulted in multiple documentaries and podcasts is “strange” adding that his mother is now more “like a legend or a ghost in Ireland”.
He wishes for his mother to be remembered as a “free spirit”.
“She made her dream to have a house in Ireland and just to be alone, to be free,” he said.
He returns to his mother’s holiday home in Schull up to five times a year saying that he sees it as her “paradise” where she came to be free rather than the location of her murder.
In that time, he said he saw Mr Bailey three times, the first two he did not recognise Mr Baudey-Vignaud.
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“The last time, I was with my kids on the Schull Harbour having tea and an ice cream and I felt a look at me and I saw someone and he was looking at me with a dark look with no empathy,” he said adding that it was before he was found guilty in Paris in 2019.
He said he and his children can now “really enjoy this place again”, the country his mother loved.
Ms Toscan du Plantier’s son said Mr Bailey’s death has brought about some closure adding that “we must turn the page”.
“This is a game over of this case, there is no happy end.
"I am free again here in Ireland and I don’t want any more interviews, I don’t want any more pressure. It’s the end of this story.
“I’ve been fighting for 27 years” he said, adding: “There is no happy end but it’s a game over.”
Mr Baudey-Vignaud's interview comes as gardaí investigating his mother's murder conducted a search of Mr Bailey’s home following his death and seized digital devices and a large quantity of paperwork.
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