2020-10-12
France fails in third bid to extradite Ian Bailey for filmmaker's murder
Stage: Sentence
Outcome: Credit: Collins) A third attempt to extradite Ian Bailey to France, where he is facing a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier, has failed after a High Court judge today refused to order his surrender. The three-judge Cour d'Assises (criminal trial court) in Paris accordingly imposed a 25-year prison sentence on Mr Bailey in his absence.; He was remanded on bail after a High Court judge subsequently endorsed what was the third EAW seeking his extradition to France.