Overview
- After four weeks of hearings in Albi, avocats généraux Nicolas Ruff and Pierre Aurignac requested 30 years’ imprisonment, with Ruff telling jurors he has no doubt Jubillar killed his wife in December 2020.
- Parties civiles urged the court to view the case as a feminicide, with lawyers for the couple’s children appealing for “truth and justice” and calling on the accused to “give them back Delphine.”
- Prosecutors detailed converging indicators: Delphine’s broken glasses, her phone remaining near the home, the car’s overnight movement, the son’s account of a dispute, and contradictions in the accused’s statements.
- Investigators noted behavior they say is incriminating, including the accused consulting porn sites hours after reporting the disappearance and using his wife’s bank card the next day.
- Jubillar maintains his innocence and says he hopes his wife is alive; the defense will present its pleadings Thursday before a verdict expected Friday.