“Inadmissible”, “unworthy”, “downright scandalous”. While Cédric Jubillar was sent back to the Tarn Assize Court on Tuesday to answer for the murder of his wife Delphine, his lawyers did not let up. In their sights: the indictment order (OMA) issued by the two judges who investigated the case. According to Me Alexandre Martin, they write, in the code, on page 48 of the document, that “Cédric Jubillar is the author of the murder of his wife”. And for the defense, this certainty, stated in black and white, offends, even “tramples”, the sacrosanct principle of the presumption of innocence.
Emmanuelle Franck, Jean-Baptiste Alary and Alexandre Martin therefore announce that they will not only appeal the OMA on the merits but also that they will request its outright cancellation. Secondly, they also intend to file a complaint against the two investigating judges before the Superior Council of the Judiciary for “breach of ethics”. A procedure which will also concern Dominique Alzeari, who was public prosecutor of Toulouse in June 2021, at the time of the indictment of Cédric Jubillar.
Lawyer for relatives of Delphine Jubillar as civil parties, Philippe Pressecq sees in the decision to appeal “procedural gestures”. “In this case,” he told AFP on Wednesday, “Cédric Jubillar’s defense has a very clear strategy: it wants to bury the investigation under a deluge of useless and dilatory procedural steps, the aim of the maneuver being to delay the trial, hoping that he can appear free.”
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