āthe discovery in 1997 of an unopened bottle of wine in bushes on the Kealfadda road by a farmhand, a couple of hundred metres from the entrance to the boreen leading to Sophieās house, was kept secret.ā
This a long with the two wine glasses on the kitchen counter is as significant any of the
Rope the media focus on like the scratches on Baileys hand or him arriving on the scene in jig time but it gets no air time.
Itās quite clear the guards and the media stitched up Bailey imo. There isnāt a shred of evidence against him.
She is married was supposedly out to meet another man that night. For whatever reason.
Did she only give up his name years later after he had died?
Not sure if I read that somewhere before or have it arse ways.
Iām not sure she ever gave up his name did she? The only fact around her was she was asked to change her description of the man she saw at the bridge from a low sized man to a tall man to fit the description of Bailey.
Iāve finally started to get genuinely interested in this after all these years of complete apathy purely because Bailey died the other day and it now seems the current thing again.
Could somebody obsessive about the case please fill us in a bit on the following characters:
The German guy who was a musician who doesnāt have an alibi and committed suicide a couple of months later. Karl Heinz Wollney was his name.
Alfie Lyons and Leo Bolger. Is there any truth to the comment Iāve just read on a Reddit forum that one or other of them were dealing/growing weed, or is it just something somebody on a forum made up?
The French guy who had an affair with Mrs. Du Plantier and does seem to have been quite violent towards her seems to have a cast iron alibi that he was in Paris at the time of the murder.
Who was the oddball that was stealing gas canisters around that time? The Netflix doc alluded to him briefly.
Sophieās son seems to be utterly convinced that itās Bailey anyway. As do the French authorities. Thereās just too many coincidences with the Christmas tree spiel, the cuts, the killing a Turkey spiel, the previously and subsequently abusive relationship with females in his life. Christ it was even a red light that he was living in West Cork to begin with following the abrupt end of his marriage and journalism career in England. Thatās before we delve into his admission of guilt in the pub and his remarkably early awareness of the murder.
Article here about Wollney and another guy called Pecout. West Cork was awash with oddballs, drifters, misfits, self titled artists and poets. Still is. Its a fascinating idiosyncratic melting pot. It wouldnt have been uncommon for many british or other non nationals to travel without papers and escape from something (where have we heard this before). Also wouldnt have been uncommon to grow weed in the area. Per capita they are miles ahead of anywhere else in the country in that regard.
Year before another 73 year old Englishman also up in court with growing weed. There was almost a movement of weedgrowing in West Cork and it wouldnt have come as a surprise if Bulger or Lyons were participating in it. It was of a time. Maybe it was used for creative juices or see things differently or perhaps to fit into the slower pace of life but its mad how rife it was and still is down there.
I read a bit about yer man Pecout a few hours ago. I suppose what Iām trying to say in a round about way is what are the chances of Pecout, Wollney, Lyons or Bolger having done it.
Pecout committed suicide in March 1997, he had apparently been suffering from cancer. I know nothing about Wollney bar the bare details but he strikes me as at least being somebody of interest.
I guess the wild theory about Lyons/Bolger is that maybe Sophie came across them growing something they shouldnāt have been growing. I find that a very wild theory though and Iād be flabbergasted if either were in any way linked to her death.
Rte doing a prime time special now with some fella on to tell us Ian Bailey was obviously guilty. Has this sort
Of thing every happened in any other case in Ireland?
Also in the scenario it was Bailey why would Sophie lock the door and get into bed or at least prepare to bed and then walk out side to a man she didnāt know in the middle of the night? She had hiking boots on and the keys were in the inside of the door.