Overview

• Cédric Jubillar told the Tarn assizes court, “Je conteste toujours les faits qui me sont reprochés,” and allowed rare filming in the box on the opening day.
• Personality assessments presented in court described him as emotionally cold and indifferent to his wife’s fate, while a court-appointed profiler portrayed a voluble, polarizing figure.
• The accused acknowledged in court having maltreated his son and being a heavy cannabis user, as the presiding judge summarized experts’ findings from the investigation.
• With no body or crime scene, prosecutors point to a set of circumstantial elements, including Delphine’s broken glasses, a washed duvet with trace blood, a missing phone, neighbors reporting cries, and the couple’s son recalling a dispute.
• Hearings are scheduled over four weeks with about 65 witnesses and 11 experts, starting Tuesday with the first gendarmes on the stand, and a verdict expected on October 17.