One of the lawyers for the civil parties indicated a “slot from September 22 to October 10” for this murder trial which must be held before the Tarn Assize Court.
The assize trial of Cédric Jubillar, accused of having made his wife Delphine disappear in December 2020, should be held between the end of September and October 2025, lawyers in the case said on Tuesday following a preparatory meeting. this hearing.
Four to five weeks
“We would move towards a hearing which would begin towards the end of September for four to five weeks”, explained to some journalists Me Alexandre Martin, one of Cédric Jubillar's three lawyers, after a meeting with magistrates in charge of the organization of this hearing, at the Toulouse Court of Appeal.
Disappearance of Delphine Jubillar: her husband Cédric sent to court, a trial will be held in the coming months
One of the lawyers for the civil parties, Me Philippe Pressecq, for his part indicated to AFP a “slot from September 22 to October 10” for this murder trial which is to be held in Albi, before the Assize Court. of the Tarn.
Great excitement in France
Delphine Jubillar, nurse and mother of two children, disappeared on the night of December 15 to 16, 2020 in the middle of a curfew linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, in Cagnac-les-mines (Tarn).
This disappearance caused great excitement in France, a few days before the Christmas holidays and a few weeks after the conviction of Jonathann Daval for the murder of his wife in Haute-Saône, which he had long denied by taking on the role of the grieving husband. .
Cédric Jubillar, a 37-year-old painter and plasterer, was indicted for murder and placed in detention on June 18, 2021.
Without body, confession or witness
In this case without a body, no confession, no witness, no crime scene, no irrefutable evidence, investigators are convinced that Cédric Jubillar killed his wife, when she had just announced her intention to divorce.
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“This is an extraordinary trial where everything is contested, many witnesses will be called, experts too, (…) as everything is discussed, it is a very detailed analysis that will have to be made of this file”, emphasized Mr. Martin.
At the assizes, “it is an oral procedure, the jurors do not have the file, they will therefore read it at the hearing, listening to all the speakers, so it is clear that there will be a lot hearings to be organized so that the jurors can integrate all the elements (…) to ultimately render a decision”, he added.
