“I support him, I will not let go of his hand now,” said the 44-year-old woman after admitting “not to be 100% sure of his innocence” after his custody.
The companion of Cédric Jubillar, heard in mid-December in the investigation into the disappearance of wife Delphine more than a year ago in the Tarn, said Thursday, January 6 that she still supports him, admitting “not be 100% sure of your innocence“.
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“I support him, I won’t let go of his hand now“, Declared to 100% Radio this 44-year-old woman, released on December 16 after a one-and-a-half day police custody at Gaillac (Tarn) gendarmerie for”corpse concealment“. Admitting “not be 100% sure of your innocence“, She added that she continues to exchange by mail with Cédric Jubillar, 34, detained in solitary confinement at the Seysses remand center, near Toulouse, since his indictment for intentional homicide by spouse, the June 18.
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An investigation without a body or a confession
“Since my custody, I received four letters during the holidays, two by two“, She explained, without commenting on their content. His lawyer, Fabienne Bex, clarified that his client was out of custody exhausted, ended on December 16 around 9 p.m. without any prosecution being retained, and has since preferred to stay in the background.
But after “a lull, positive for his health and serenity“,”she is fine», Added Me Bex, deploring the publication of a lot of information, according to her, erroneous. The lawyer denounced in particular the fact that “it was indicated that the new companion of Cédric Jubillar knew the latter ten years ago, which is totally false“. If he “lived in the Albigensian region, my client really got to know Cédric Jubillar in April 2021 and not before. At least not on a personal basis. She only knew him through the media before», Clarified Me Bex.
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Cédric Jubillar had revealed their affair by posting a photo of them on Facebook, which shocked relatives of the disappeared. The lawyer added that the companion of Cédric Jubillar “has always been in the same position of quest and help in this investigation” with “an investment perhaps more increased at the beginning than now, taking into account his hearing“. His client, who was “bored by internet users, on social networks“, She explained,”is now more in the background, leaves room for investigators” because “she did all she could to help and collaborate with” them.
Cédric and Delphine Jubillar, 33, who worked as a night nurse in a clinic in Albi, were in the process of divorce when, on December 15, 2020, she disappeared in the middle of the night from their house in Cagnac-les-Mines. Shortly before, he had learned that his wife had a lover and was planning to start a new life with him. In this investigation without a body or confession, he remains the number 1 suspect. He claims to be innocent, but the courts consider that they have sufficient evidence to keep him in pre-trial detention. Tuesday, the investigative chamber of the Toulouse Court of Appeal must examine a new request for the release of Cédric Jubillar. In addition, a mass in homage to Delphine is scheduled for Saturday at the Sainte-Cécile Cathedral in Albi, at the initiative of her brothers and sister as well as friends.