Jubillar affair: a new reconstruction in Cagnac-les-Mines

In an unmarked van, firmly supervised by gendarmes, Cédric Jubillar arrives in Cagnac-les-Mines (Tarn). Behind him, the magistrates and lawyers. They will follow step by step a new reconstruction in the Jubillar affair, Friday October 2. It was in the Jubillar family home that the former plasterer retold the entire story of that night from December 15 to 16, 2020. A crucial moment for justice which will confront him with his confessions. “Very quickly, we can realize that certain statements, when they are made in the office of the investigating magistrate, have nothing to do with them when they are made physically, that it is not credible. And when we have these versions which are confronted with reality, we can immediately put credibility at risk,” indicated Lieutenant-Colonel Erwan Coiffard, spokesperson for the national gendarmerie.

Friday morning, the reconstruction began in the living room, where Cédric Jubillar said he had argued with his wife. Three months ago, in front of the judge, he claimed "to have twisted, then in a daze, to have strangled her": "I wanted her to be silent. I grabbed her by the neck and squeezed."

Then, in the middle of the night, he said he transported the body in his car before driving straight ahead to a field, about fifteen kilometers from Cagnac-les-Mines. It was in a compost pile that he dug with his bare hands, he said, to bury the body of Delphine Aussaguel. But did he find this place by chance, as he claims, or had he spotted the place well before the murder? “There are technical elements which suggest in a somewhat stubborn way that he did some scouting by telephone, that he had the opportunity to go there several times because he had a construction site which was nearby,” said Laurent Boguet, lawyer for the couple’s children.

At the start of the week, two trucks of compost were left on site for this reconstitution. Friday afternoon, Cédric Jubilar will have to replay the scene. For justice, the issue is above all to know whether or not he premeditated his crime.