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The long-awaited murder trial for rapper Tupac Shakur has begun in Las Vegas, nearly 30 years after his death. Prosecutors are presenting evidence linking the defendant, Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, to the killing, with witnesses describing the chaotic night of the shooting.
The Garda investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier is ongoing, despite a setback with inconclusive DNA evidence, as her family continues to press the case against Ian Bailey.
The lawyer for the family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has dismissed arguments made by a former Irish prosecutor to overturn Ian Bailey's murder conviction, calling them based on 'assumptions'.
Shirley Foster, the woman who discovered the body of murdered French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork in 1996, has died. Her death comes nearly 30 years after the high-profile murder case.
The funeral has taken place for a garda (police officer) who was the first to nominate Ian Bailey as a suspect in the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
The family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier is urging France to reject a bid to overturn Ian Bailey's conviction for her murder, despite a now-retired solicitor from the DPP's office advocating for the court's decision to be reversed.
Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is aggressively seeking to overturn her conviction, claiming new evidence undermines the verdict. Her legal team is also targeting lawyers representing Epstein's victims, though US prosecutors disagree with her claims.
Irish police, Gardaí, are enlisting international assistance to identify unknown DNA evidence found on one of Sophie Toscan du Plantier's boots, as the investigation into her murder continues.
The DPP reportedly questioned gardaí about individuals other than Ian Bailey in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation, including a German national with a history of violence who left Ireland weeks after the killing and later died by suicide.
Ian Bailey's solicitor, Frank Buttimer, plans to investigate potential miscarriage-of-justice grounds to appeal his French conviction for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, citing excluded DNA evidence from the Paris trial.
Shirley Foster, the neighbour who discovered the body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, has died at the age of 91. Her death comes as the mystery surrounding the unsolved murder in West Cork continues.