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Four-Week Assize Trial of Cédric Jubillar Opens in Albi

Prosecutors are proceeding on a circumstantial dossier without a body or crime scene.

La foule patiente devant la cour d’assises du Tarn, le 22 septembre 2025, avant l’ouverture du procès de Cédric Jubillar.
Le palais de justice d'Albi, dans le Tarn, le 12 juin 2025.
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CédricJubillar comparaît à compter de ce lundi devant la cour d’assises du Tarn, à Albi.

Overview

  • The hearing is scheduled through 17 October with about 65 witnesses, 11 experts and at least 14 civil parties, and Cédric Jubillar is expected to testify on 10 October.
  • The accused arrived at the Albi courthouse around 8:20 a.m. local time, with the first day’s session due to start at 9 a.m.
  • Jubillar is being tried for murder of a spouse, a charge that carries a possible life sentence, and he has been in pretrial detention since June 2021 while denying the accusation.
  • Delphine Jubillar, a 33-year-old nurse, vanished from their home in Cagnac-les-Mines during the night of 15–16 December 2020 and her body has not been found.
  • Court officials installed a retransmission room and tightened access as more than 300 journalists were accredited, with roughly sixty public seats available.