The jury is out in Ian Bailey's damages action against the State over claims Gardai conspired to frame him for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

The High Court case has been at hearing for nearly 5 months.

The jury has to decide whether members of the Gardai conspired to implicate Ian Bailey in the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

This relates to the evidence of Schull shopkeeper Marie Farrell who said detectives convinced her to say she saw the former journalist on a bridge near the crime scene – statements she retracted many years later.

The jury also has to decide if there was a garda conspiracy to obtain false statements from Marie Farrell that Ian Bailey had intimidated her.

If the answer is yes to either or both of those questions, the jury can decide whether to award damages to Mr Bailey.

In his final directions to the jury Mr Justice John Hedigan told the jury the credibility of Marie Farrell is central to the case.