Ruthlessly ambitious and with an air of arrogance, he boasted of spy contacts at GCHQ but ended up hounded to his grave after being accused of a shocking murder, writes DAVID JONES.
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Ian Bailey, who was convicted of murdering the filmmaker in 1996, collapsed in the street in Bantry, West Cork. He had previously suffered up to three heart attacks.
Jim Sheridan, 74, told The Irish Sun that he hopes his new film will help solve the case. British journalist Ian Bailey was convicted of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in absentia in 2019.