Disappointment for Cédric Jubillar’s lawyers: the Toulouse prosecutor rejected their request for an investigation into possible violations of the secrecy of the investigation around the case of the disappearance of Delphine Jubillar.
In a press release, the prosecutor indicated that he subscribed “entirely to the disapproval of these advice on the media treatment of this case, all the elements of which are constantly found in the various media”, a situation which he “deplores”.
However, he notes that the publication in the press of the report on Delphine Jubillar’s “broken” glasses, which Cédric’s lawyers cite in particular, took place two weeks after this document was added to the file, on April 11. “From that date, it was accessible and searchable by the parties”, which have the right to communicate about it, he says. Having no “suspicion” of possible violations of the secrecy of the investigation, he thus excludes “to initiate an investigation”.
These violations are increasing
Cédric Jubillar’s lawyers, Mes Emmanuelle Franck, Jean-Baptiste Alary and Alexandre Martin, had deplored the “multiplication” of leaks in the press. “I don’t know who is trampling on the secrecy of the investigation” but “these violations are increasing”, Me Alary told AFP on Thursday. He had mentioned the publication in the press of a psychiatric report concerning Cédric and that of Delphine’s glasses.
Delphine Jubillar, who worked as a night nurse in a clinic in Albi, disappeared in the middle of the night from the family home in Cagnac-les-Mines (Tarn) in December 2020. Her husband, with whom she was divorcing, is the main suspect. He was indicted for murder and imprisoned on June 18, 2021.
Justice believes that the investigators have brought enough elements of the guilt of the 34-year-old plasterer painter to keep him in prison, while Cédric Jubillar’s lawyers claim that the file does not contain any irrefutable evidence. Cédric Jubillar, who claims to be innocent, must again be heard by the examining magistrates on May 12 in Toulouse.