Tarn. Cédric Jubillar denies confessing to his girlfriend's murder of his wife

Cédric Jubillar denies having confessed to his then-girlfriend that he killed his wife, contrary to her claims, one of his lawyers said on Friday, asking the courts to rule on this testimony.

"Cédric Jubillar denies having made the slightest confession to this woman (...) He never said that," Alexandre Martin clarified. "Now, it's up to the courts (...) to tell us how much credibility they intend to give to this testimony," he continued.

Cédric Jubillar's ex-girlfriend told investigators that the painter-plasterer, in custody for the murder of his wife Delphine, had told her "on several occasions" during successive discussions in the prison visiting room that he had strangled his wife , according to evidence from his hearing.

According to court documents, the accused had already told a fellow inmate and another ex-partner that he had killed Delphine.

"We've already discussed the cellmate. He said he exasperated her. Because of being bothered by everyone, he was able to say what he said at the time. But now, with her, he absolutely denies having made any confession whatsoever," Martin said.

"This type of extremely high-profile case arouses (...) an attraction among people who, at some point, will try to take the spotlight," he further noted.

"We are going to return to a certain intellectual rigor from September 22nd (...) Beyond the wild ideas of some, what are the elements of proof?" he asked.

The trial of Cédric Jubillar for spousal murder is scheduled to begin on September 22nd and last four weeks before the Tarn Assize Court. The defendant has consistently denied any involvement in the disappearance of his nurse wife in Cagnac-les-Mines (Tarn) in late 2020, whose body has never been found.

During a four-hour hearing on Wednesday before the police of the Toulouse investigation unit, Cédric Jubillar's ex-girlfriend recounted that the accused had told her that he had "prepared and thought of everything," convinced that "no one had seen him" during the alleged murder, but refused to tell her precisely where the body of his missing wife was.