Iāve both downloaded if other avenues donāt work. Could Dropbox them east.
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Sheridan is an annoying cunt but his show is vastly superior to the Netflix one as a television spectacle, and Iād say itās not a whole pile longer
Iām sorry I wasted my time on the Netflix one having already seen the Sky one
Iāve gone the opposite order of viewing and find Sheridanās to be far too flowery in comparison to the Netflix one.
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Grenade OConnor?
Thatād be an interesting discussion to eavesdrop. She wouldnāt hold back youād imagine
Is that Jimmy Page on the right?
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Looks like sheās on the sauce.
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I see heās still in the same place anyway
Just finished the Jim Sheridan doc there. About two episodes two long. Iād say the Netflix version has nailed it with three episodes.
Iām on the fence. Bailey comes across more as a mess than the showman I was expecting, pissed as a fart and as stoned as an Iraqi adulteress most of the time. Itās an extraordinary watch given how intimate the show gets with him and Thomas given the cloud hanging over them.
I knew bits of the case previously, but not how it all tied together. Two snippets that I hadnāt seen get much attention jumped out at me:
(1) the reason STDP went to Cork - at Christmas - according to her parents, was to get the heating fixed, which to me seemed a little odd given they had a housekeeper in the locality anyways.
(2) the blood on the door, I guess the assumption is that the murderer left this mark opening the door. To me it suggests either (a) it was a long drawn out affair, in which case surely, even despite the incompetence of the local plod, more evidence would have been found in the vicinity of the house or (b) the murderer went back up to the house for reasons unknown
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Firstly, STDP going to Ireland for 3-4 days before Christmas āto fix the heatingā is a ridiculous notion. As you said, she had a housekeeper who lived close by with a set of keys.
Iām pretty sure that I read somewhere that she was only convinced to return to spend Christmas with her family while she was in Ireland, so she flew with the intention of staying for Christmas originally? If so, was she meeting someone in Ireland, had she planned to spend Christmas with someone else? The marriage was in difficulty and both were partial to having affairs. Thatās not hearsay, itās fact.
Secondly, the blood outside the door was Sophies was it not?
There was no sign of forced entry into the house. I always found that odd, given that it was supposed to have happened overnight, in the early hours of the morning, in December. Unless of course the time line is completely wrong and she was murdered in the early morning after she was already up, between 6 and 8amā¦she wasnāt found until 10:30 and had recently ingested a light meal of fruit and nuts and bread was found in the process of being sliced in the kitchen. Was she up and having her breakfast in the early morning?
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Iām not 100% sure that was answered in either series, this says it matched her āprofileā whatever that means.
None of this rules in or rules out anyone.
I donāt believe it was some kind of contract killer for many reasons. I donāt believe it was some romantic liaison as there would have been some kind of forensic evidence.
The most likely thing is she saw someone outside the house peering in, and went out to investigate. Youād feel safe in schull Iād imagine. Everyone panicked, and it all went wrong. Whether it was IB or not, who knows š¤·, though his changing his story and other circumstantial āevidenceā would make anyone suspicious.
Still, as someone pointed out on here before, it wouldnāt be the first time an innocent person was convicted.
The DPP was correct. The investigation was a shambles and there is nothing to support a prosecution.
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Iād like to see some evidence of phone records. Good bad or indifferent. No mention of them at all.
Queen of the loopers
Fairly odd stuff from National Hunt jockey Danny Mullins on Instagram today with Ian Bailey down in Bantry
I know them two cork lads involved. Iād imagine there was some sort of bet involved. Bizarre alright.
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A few random thoughts:
- She was booked on a 6.30am flight out of Cork so one would assume sheād have been planning to leave at 4.30am at the latest. That would mean the murder occurred before this time. The blue car was speeding in the area at 7.30am. I doubt the murderer hung around for a few hours and then sped away.
- The whole thing of knowing her or not knowing of her is a red herring. I guarantee you every red blooded male in the area knew of her. An attractive young woman buys a house in the area and is frequently out and about around the town and surrounding areas? Do me a favour.
- Was Bailey not wearing a big black coat in the Christmas Day swim video? Would have had to have dried very quickly?
- Jules said the fire was not around the time of the murder - why would she not give him and alibi and then lie about the timing of the fire? One has to assume she has been reasonably truthful in her statements.
- I put no stock in his āadmissionsā of guilt given that heās an attention seeker and clearly has a black sense of humour. I was at party where young men were singing football style chants about Sophie and I donāt think they did it.
- I think they said in one of the documentaries that Sophie fought back - yet they only mark on Baileyās face was a tiny nick on his forehead?
- Iād like to know more about the forensics - wasnāt there a finger print on the gate and male DNA on her boot? Neither Baileyās obviously.
One would feel tremendous sympathy for her son and parents. Badly let down by AGS.
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Agree with all that. Particularly the thing about whether he knew her or not. Netflix made too much of that.
Still think he probably did it.
At this stage I wouldnāt be surprised if Ian Bailey officially admits the murder in the not too distant future