Frank Batimer, a lawyer for Ian Bailey, said he does not expect new DNA evidence to reveal who killed Sophie Toscan du Plantier more than 25 years ago.
Aldai announced yesterday that a cold case review of the murder case has begun.
This decision was made after asking for such a review of the original Garda file. The complaint was filed by a French mother and a justice activist by Ian Bailey, 64, who has been the focus of repeated demands for deportation by French authorities.
Detectives have investigated potential new evidence over the past 12 months and interviewed many potential witnesses in the wake of two well-known documentaries about the incident screened by Sky TV and Netflix.
One of the promising areas is the development of M-Vac technology, which proved to be good at extracting DNA deep inside rock surfaces that was not detected by conventional cotton swab technology 25 years ago.
Gardai is a bagged bloody rock and concrete block used to beat and kill a 39-year-old filmmaker at a villa in Toormore, near Sur, Cork, on the night of December 23, 1996. Still owns.
However, lawyer Frank Batimer argued that the new DNA testing technology would not help in this case.
“One of the problems in the case was the way the first investigation was done. Crime scene issues, forensic issues of that sort, pathology issues, etc. Time, may have led to a line of investigations. , Or it may have led to evidence gathering at that time, “he said of RTÉ. Moring Ireland program.
“By the way, it’s not necessarily a criticism, because you have to remember the location of the horrific crime. It’s a distant nature, everything that was related to the time and so on at the time.
“Therefore, if that level of material was available, I think it was probably … now considered useful. Obviously it cannot be ruled out, but the inquiry line is I think it’s probably closed. “
Mr. Batima said Ian Bailey was ready and would cooperate in the Garda investigation “in every way he could.”
The file about Toscan du Plantier’s murder has never been closed, and Batimer has been talking to senior Gardai for years and is more “satisfied” with solving the case. “There is nothing to give.
Bailey has been “misrelated” to the crime for 26 years, and his client has repeatedly called for continued investigations, he said.
Gardai was reported to have received a newly signed affidavit from a witness who claimed to have seen the suspect on the night of the murder, and Mr. Batimer confirmed that he “knows it.”
“There are no solid signs” that the new study will have positive results, but “something could happen,” Buttimer said.
He added: “I hope there is a chance of success. There is no doubt that the Cold Case investigation team will do the investigation. Their purpose is … Review the entire file to see which line is queried. Is to do.
“It’s a huge task, there’s no doubt about it. I hope it has the right resources and structuring, but in modern police, which is done by the Irish police, these problems. I am confident that it will be dealt with relatively. “