The “show trial” of a British journalist accused of the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier begins today in Paris.However, whether the French authorities could extradite him to the country to serve a sentence is unclear.
The accused’s French lawyer Dominique Tricaud will not be attending on behalf of the journalist and will therefore not be mounting a defence. In the past 11 years, French authorities have twice sought to extradite Bailey to question him in relation to their investigations but the courts here have refused to surrender him on both occasions.
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