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11th July 2022
10:58am BST
As it happens, the suspect is a known associate of Sophie’s late husband Daniel, who died in 2003.
The new suspect in the case is still living in Paris and Gardaí know his name and his place of residency, with the French authorities promising to cooperate with them fully.
Previously, the only suspect in the case has been former journalist Ian Bailey, who has continuously proclaimed his innocence since the 1996 murder occurred.
As well as this, his lawyer Frank Buttimer has always maintained that Sophie's late husband had some type of involvement in her death, saying his behaviour was "very strange" around the time of her murder and it was odd that he never came to Cork to reclaim her body.
Retired Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll, who ordered the review of this case, said that the new suspect was one of the reasons the review has taken place to begin with.
Sophie was tragically killed outside her holiday home in West Cork on Christmas Eve in 1996. She was killed by blunt force trauma and the murder weapon was discovered to be a rock found outside her home.Explore more on these topics:
