“It was more than hard to read the file including the autopsy - it was a real struggle for me because for years I would not have been able to do it but I am strong enough now and having read the file.”Mr Bouniol said it will be very difficult for his elderly parents, Georges and Marguerite to sit through the trial and the details of how their daughter was murdered but it was an important step for them on a journey which they hope will end what they believe will be justice for his sister.
“In a few days time the trial of the man accused of killing my mother will begin at last - this is a trial of a crime that does not fit with whatis like and does not fit with what you, the Irish people … this is a trial of a crime that you and I did not deserve, whether it takes places here or in France.”
“This land must end this crime which is neither a mystery nor a legend - my mother, Sophie is not a ghost - she is the victim of human cruelty and violence which has no place here,” he said.