Ahead of the 25th anniversary of Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s brutal murder, light has once again been shone on the case. Jim Sheridan’s documentary Murder at the Cottage and Netflix’s Sophie: A Murder in West Cork both aired just weeks apart.
The stark difference between the two was the absence of Sophie’s family in Jim Sheridan’s doc which was produced by Sky. The family was actually interviewed for the series but asked for their involvement to be removed.
Sophie’s brother Bertrand Bouniol shared why the family made the decision to be taken out of the eight-part series. He explained that they believed the series focused too heavily on Ian Bailey, who was the main suspect in her case; adding that he felt like they ‘moved the objective of
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