“After eighteen months, I still don't understand why I am in prison, the investigation is stalling, there is nothing against me (…) Accusations are not proof. » This Wednesday, November 8, 2023, Frédéric Mellet gets annoyed and once again shouts his innocence. Since May 20, 2022, the goat breeder nicknamed the “Jubillar of Yonne” has been sleeping in prison. He is indicted for the murder of his wife, Chantal, who disappeared from their sheepfold in Joigny (Yonne) on July 2, 2020. A mystery without a body or confession.
This Friday, the fifty-year-old must once again be heard by the Auxerre investigating judge. A meeting awaited by the defense of the cheese producer. “There are no charges against this man who has been unjustly kept in prison for almost two years because we have not found or even looked for the slightest culprit,” are outraged by Messrs Frank Berton and Yasmina Belmokhtar. , his lawyers. We don't even know if Chantal Mellet is dead... no body has been found. »
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