The continued detention of Cédric Jubillar, suspected of having killed his wife Delphine, who disappeared at the end of 2020 in the Tarn, was again requested on Tuesday June 28 by the Advocate General before the Toulouse Court of Appeal.
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At first instance, a judge of freedoms and detention (JLD) of the Toulouse judicial court ordered on June 13 the extension for six months of the detention of Cédric Jubillar, initially scheduled for one year until June 18.
Tuesday, during a hearing behind closed doors before the investigating chamber, the lawyers of the 34-year-old painter and plasterer once again requested the release of their client, who claims to be innocent.
We "
urged justice to open its eyes, to apply the rules, such as that of the prescription of innocence or that which says that detention is exceptional
", declared at the end of the hearing one of the lawyers , Alexander Martin.
A " charge
"
investigation
Emmanuelle Franck, also a defense lawyer, castigated the way the investigation is being conducted, only “
in charge
”, according to her.
"
It's a justice that ends up being scary, a justice that we dread for ourselves and those close to us (...) With the way of doing this justice, we are almost sure to arrive to a legal disaster,
” she said.
Six months after the disappearance of his wife, in December 2020, Cédric Jubillar had been indicted for intentional homicide and imprisoned, in solitary confinement, in the Seysses remand center, near Toulouse.
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Delphine Jubillar, a nurse in a clinic in Albi, then aged 33, was last seen on the evening of December 15, 2020, in her home in Cagnac-les-Mines, the village near Albi where she lived with her husband and two children.
Even if he proclaims his innocence, highlighting the absence of a crime scene or irrefutable evidence, Cédric Jubillar quickly emerged as the main suspect for the investigators who put forward "
a bundle of serious and consistent clues
".
Laurent Boguet, lawyer responsible for representing the interests of the children of the Jubillar couple, noted for his part on Tuesday "
a strengthening
of these clues as the investigation progresses.
On Tuesday, near the village of Cagnac-les-Mines, the gendarmes carried out a new search operation in the woods, in the hope of discovering the body of Delphine Jubillar.
