BEST OF CRIME WORLD: Sophie Toscan Du Plantier - the murder, the mystery, the myths

***ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2021***It reads like a script from an Agatha Christie murder mystery – a beautiful young French woman bludgeoned to death at her idyllic holiday home, a shocked community who fear there is a killer amongst them and a struggling police force who find more questions than answers.Twenty-five years since the body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was discovered discarded in the rural Cork village of Schull, two major documentary series are being released.'Murder at the Cottage', directed by award-winning Jim Sheridan and produced by investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre, will be shown on Sky next month and will detail the twists and turns in the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.