Cédric Jubillar, summoned by the investigating judges on Thursday, must be confronted with a former prisoner who claims that the plasterer painter confessed to him in prison of the murder of his wife Delphine, who disappeared at the end of 2020.
Following the statements of this man who occupied a cell next to that of Cédric Jubillar, extensive searches to try to find the body of the missing nurse had been undertaken in vain in early 2022.
“Revelations” that raise questions
The testimony of the former detainee had also caused, in mid-December 2021, the placement in police custody of the new companion of Cédric Jubillar. Based on this testimony, she was likely to know where to find Delphine’s body. However, she emerged free, after a day and a half in police custody, without being charged.
Thursday, during this confrontation before the investigating judges, the defense lawyers intend to “ask questions” to this former detainee to try “to shed light on the circumstances of his revelations which proved to be unfounded”, according to Alexandre Martin, one of Cédric Jubillar’s three lawyers.
They will in particular try to find out “what profit he derived from it, since a few days later, he was released”, further specified Mr. Martin.
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. He is being held in solitary confinement and continues to claim to be innocent.
However, justice believes that the investigators have provided enough evidence on the guilt of the 34-year-old plasterer painter to keep him in prison, while his lawyers claim that the file contains no irrefutable evidence. Cédric Jubillar’s term of deposit expires on June 18. He cannot therefore remain in pre-trial detention beyond without a debate before the judge of freedoms, explained Me Martin again.
Cédric Jubillar’s lawyers are waiting for the date of this debate to be fixed to decide whether or not they are asking for a hearing before the Toulouse Court of Appeal by then to try once again to obtain the release of their client.