The family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier try to shield her elderly parents from any negative news on her case as it remains "very difficult for them".
The murder victim's uncle Jean Pierre Gazeau has also hit out at Ian Bailey saying "almost everyday" he has a new suspect - but pointed to the Englishman's conviction for the killing in a French court.
Sophie, who was a 39-year-old mother-of-one, was battered to death outside her holiday home in Toormore, near Schull in Co Cork on December 23, 1996.
