Ian Baileys ashes to be spread in West Cork
The 67 year old died suddenly from a heart attack in Bantry, West Cork, last year and was cremated just days afterwards.
The former poet had been the 'main suspect' in the murder of 'Sophie Toscan du Plantier' for a number of years, but always argued his innocence, saying the accusations 'ruined his life'.
Ian Bailey
The French woman was brutally murdered outside her holiday home in Schull in December 1996, and as yet nobody has been charged with her killing.
This weekend's ceremony for Ian Bailey is expected to be attended by members of his family, and a number of close friends, including film maker Jim Sheridan who has always defended Ian Baileys innocence.
Sheridan, probably best known for the Oscar nominated movie My Left Foot, has released a new docudrama entitled Re-Creation, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York recently. Jim Sheridan. Pic: JuanThe drama promises to show new evidence in the unsolved Du Plantier case, which Jim Sheridan described as a 'double injustice'
Defending Ian Bailey, he said 'A man who probably was 100% innocent has been castigated through life, he lived a horrible life and died a horrible death and has a horrible name. I don't think he killed her and there's not a shred of evidence to say he did.'
Ian Baileys final wish was to have his ashes spread in West Cork where he had lived most of his life and it's expected to be a quiet, strictly private affair.
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