Jubillar case: the track of the husband "exhausted", say his lawyers after his hearing

Europe 1 with AFP 7:46 p.m., December 3, 2021, modified at 7:48 p.m., December 3, 2021

The new hearing Friday of Cédric Jubillar, suspected of the murder of his wife Delphine almost a year ago, did not relate to new elements, say his lawyers according to which the track of the husband "is exhausted".

At the end of this second interrogation, which lasted several hours, the defense of the 34-year-old plaster painter, who continues to proclaim his innocence, regretted that he "did not intervene earlier".

"Cédric Jubillar's trail is exhausted"

"The questions which were put to him related to elements existing in the file since before his placement in detention" on June 18, indicated the lawyer Me Alexandre Martin to the press present at the courthouse of Toulouse. "These are, after all, the same questions that were put to him during his police custody," confirmed Jean-Baptiste Alary. The hearing focused mainly on the night of December 15-16, 2020, when the 33-year-old nurse and mother of the couple's two children was last seen in their home in Cagnac-les-Mines, near from Albi. "I believe that it is now high time that justice is interested in other tracks, because that of Cédric Jubillar is exhausted", estimated for its part his other lawyer, Me Emmanuelle Franck.

On the instruction in itself, the defense deplores that it is "carried out entirely by gendarmes".

"There is no analytical work that is carried out at the investigation stage and with magistrates who are content to ask questions which are the same as those asked by the gendarmerie, without any critical analysis of the work that has been done ", deplores Me Franck.

Suspect number 1 arrived at the courthouse in a prison service van shortly before 9 a.m.

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"We will file a new request for release in the coming days because the case is bogged down, trampled, does not advance," said Me Alary. "This man is not only still detained, but in solitary confinement and it is time for justice to take its responsibilities and accept to note the deficiencies of the accusation and to continue the investigations if there must be any, but with Cédric Jubillar on the loose, "he added.

Earlier in the day, Me Martin had mentioned a man "desperate, combative, always believing that justice will end up opening the eyes".

The first interrogation of Mr. Jubillar, in his capacity as an indictment, took place on October 15 and lasted four hours.

He was also questioned in April by two magistrates, at the time as a civil party.

This type of questioning, before the examining magistrates, takes place in the presence of the defense and a clerk.