Sophie: A Murder in West Cork
2021 · Netflix · 55 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Justice
Wed, 30 June, 10:00 pm
As the years pass, the case grows increasingly bizarre with multiple arrests, recanted testimony and allegations of police corruption.
About
Sophie: A Murder in West Cork examines one of Ireland's most famous murder cases, the death of French producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in the town of Schull, West Cork in 1996. The brutal murder, which shocked the country, triggered one of the biggest murder investigations Ireland had ever seen and became a national obsession. The documentary will chart the circumstances of her death, unravelling the extraordinary story from its beginning, 24 years ago to the present day. With exclusive access to Sophie Toscan du Plantier's family, the series will bring together, for the first time, the views of her family with Ian Bailey, the man at the centre of the investigation.
Episodes
- E01
The World Turned Upside Down
Wed, 30 June· 49 minIn 1996, a French woman is found brutally murdered near her rural Irish home just before Christmas, leaving her tight-knit community in shock.
- E02
The Suspect
Wed, 30 June· 51 minWith the investigation heating up, police focus their attention on an unlikely suspect: a local journalist who had first reported on the murder.
- E03
Justice
Wed, 30 June· 65 minAs the years pass, the case grows increasingly bizarre with multiple arrests, recanted testimony and allegations of police corruption.
