The former partner of Ian Bailey has declared there is no way he could have murdered French TV producer Sophie Toscan Du Plantier because “he is so hopeless at covering his own tracks.”
Jules Thomas, who split from the Englishman last year after being together for nearly 30 years, also said he hated “killing things” and told how he was in “pretty bad shape” after slaying a “cockerel”.
Jules, who is an artist, also revealed she has directly asked Bailey if he had anything to do with the 39-year-old’s brutal murder on December 23, 1996, in West Cork.
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Asked why she was so sure Bailey had nothing to do with Sophie’s murder, Jules said: “Because he is so hopeless at covering his own tracks. And he is messy. If there had been any blood or anything that was untoward, I would have known.
“And I don't think he would have been able to keep calm afterwards. Or be normal. Because he was in pretty bad shape after he killed a cockerel.”
She continued: “I have no doubt he had nothing to do with that murder.”
When quizzed on whether she directly asked him if he killed Sophie, Jules explained: “Of course, I asked him. He said: ‘Bloody hell, of course not.’
“He told me he didn't even know her. It was a while afterwards (when she asked) and it was put in my head by the guards, who kept saying: ‘He did it, he did it, he did it.’
“I didn't have any suspicion of him doing it. Why would I? He didn't do it.”
