The Court of Cassation announces this Friday the rejection of an appeal by Cédric Jubillar’s lawyers who demand his release. On July 4, the investigation chamber of the Toulouse Court of Appeal estimated that the number one suspect in the disappearance of Delphine Jubillar, in December 2020 in Cagnac-les-Mines in the Tarn, should remain in prison. , confirming the order of the judge of freedoms and detention (JLD), who had extended, in June, by six months his pre-trial detention.
“After having examined both the admissibility of the appeal and the procedural documents, the Court of Cassation finds that there is, in this case, no means of such a nature as to allow the appeal to be admitted. Consequently, the Court declares appeal not allowed”she wrote in her decision released on Friday.
Six requests for release rejected
Cédric Jubillar, 35, is being held in solitary confinement at the Seysses remand center, near Toulouse, since June 2021. His lawyers have multiplied in vain the appeals to justice to obtain his release. A sixth request for release was rejected by the courts last week, on September 22.
The next day, Cédric Jubillar was once again questioned by the investigating judges in Toulouse. Interrogation during which the number one suspect in the disappearance of his wife once again proclaimed his innocence.