‘Bailey may have been a lot of things – but he didn't kill Sophie', says ex-lover Jules as she makes bold ‘framed' claim
Now she is going to tell all in a new book she is currently writing, as she battles a life-threatening blood
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Ian Bailey and Jules Thomas, who is set to tell all in her new book
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found badly beaten outside her holiday home in Schull, West Cork, in December 1996
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Ian Bailey was convicted in absentia by a French court of Sophie's murder
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The talented painter told how Sophie's brutal
And Jules said she will never forgive the
Although she didn't name names, she said the killer is someone who is well connected with the forces of law and order.
Jules also believes that person was involved in a relationship with the
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Her comments come as
Sophie's family in
Jules said: 'I will tell my side of the story in this book.
'I want to get the truth out there while I am alive. Ian Bailey may have been a lot of things, but he did not kill Sophie. I can tell you now, he didn't have it in him to kill anyone — he couldn't kill a turkey, for God's sake.'
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Jules was Ian's alibi on the night Sophie, 39, was killed.
She claims detectives were hoping she would change her story after she and
'NEVER A DANGER'
She recalled: 'When the
'Well, here we are all these years later and, guess what? Ian didn't kill me. He has passed on and I am still here. He was never a danger to me or anyone else.'
Jules added: 'The Gardai, as far as I am concerned, tried to frame Ian for the murder and, in doing so, ruined both our lives.
'They never seriously looked at any other suspects.
'In this book, I will tell the public what actually went on and put the record straight.
'The Gardai did everything to try and get me to change my story, but the truth is the truth. I kept telling them Ian did not kill Sophie, but they wouldn't listen.'
Bailey was arrested twice over the killing but never charged.
He was convicted in absentia by a French
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The house of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, in Cork
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New DNA testing is underway in hopes of finding the answer to the mystery
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