Sorry to take this thread back a few pages - I’m almost finished watching the Sophie Toscan du Plantier Netflix doc.
Ian Bailey is such an odd character. I am fairly convinced that he did it for multiple reasons - known to be violent, had facts about the case before they were known to the public, desperate to place it on the assassin theory etc.
Also just the way he is in the documentary - the detail he goes into and his general demeanour just come across as someone who is blatantly lying. It actually reminded me of when I was a teenager and would try to get away with a lie by telling an elaborate story, with the logic “there’s so much detail, it must seem genuine!”
It seems that everyone else interviewed in west cork also believes he did it. I find it bizarre that he has chosen to stay there. The locals must be very cold to him, it must be an awful way to live. Unless he has stayed there due to extradition reasons? Would he be able to be extradited to France if he returned to England?
From my experience Ireland is a very small place and moving to another town there, his story would simply follow him. Would be much easier to relocate to a different place in England/some other country entirely to try to get some normalcy again.
Saying that, maybe he felt that moving would come across as a way of confessing or admitting defeat.
Sorry just rambling here, would be interested to hear others thoughts though!