Message for Sophie family as Ian's ashes scattered

Filmmaker's relatives 'misguided' over Bailey's guilt, his sister says

- BY SEAN MURPHY

A SISTER of Ian Bailey said innocent victim Sophie Toscan du Plantier's family is "misguided" for believing that he killed her.

Kay Reynolds was speaking yesterday when she scattered her brother's ashes near the 1996 death site in West Cork, as he requested.

Bailey, who died 16 months ago, was found guilty of French filmmaker Sophie's murder in a trial in France in 2019 without his attendance.

Ms Reynolds spoke of how Bailey cherished the area, which he was tied to for legal reasons, and claimed the murder probe impacted his health.

She said her sibling "had nothing to hide" and she expressed sympathy for the family of Sophie.

She told Cork's 96fm Opinion Line with PJ Coogan: "He absolutely loved West Cork with a passion.

"I know there was the warrant that meant he couldn't leave the country and he used to say, 'I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."