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The State will not appeal the High Court’s decision to refuse to hand Ian Bailey over to the French authorities to serve a 25-year prison term imposed by a French court for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 24 years ago.
Today, Superior Court Robert Barron SC, representative of the Attorney General, told Judge Paul Burns that the State was not seeking a certificate to appeal the judge’s decision.
Judge Burns also ordered that Mr. Bailey be able to recover his legal costs from the State.
Barron further told the judge that Toscan du Plantier’s family wanted a copy of the judge’s ruling, issued earlier this month, rejecting Bailey’s request for surrender.
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier (Family brochure / PA)
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The judge said a copy of his ruling should be available to the family and French authorities.
Mr. Bailey has always maintained that he had nothing to do with Ms. Du Plantier’s death.
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