Ireland to decide French murder extradition in October

Ireland’s high court will rule on 12 October whether France can extradite a Briton convicted of murdering one of its citizens in 1996, a judge said Friday. Ian Bailey, 63, is fighting extradition after a Paris court sentenced him in his absence last year to 25 years in jail for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. The 39-year old wife of French film producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier was found dead outside her isolated holiday home near the…