Man confesses from jail to killing wife, says he will reveal location of body
Delphine Jubillar went missing in southern France in December 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic and her body was never found.
A Frenchman convicted for the murder of his wife who disappeared more than half a decade ago — and whose body was never found — has confessed from his jail cell to killing her, his lawyer said on Monday.
Cedric Jubillar, 38, was sentenced in October to 30 years in prison for murdering Delphine Jubillar, 33, following a trial that shocked France but in which he had always maintained his innocence.
In four weeks of hearings in the southern town of Albi, the defense argued that because the body of his wife had never been found there was no certainty a crime had been committed, BBC News reported . But the jury of six civilians and three magistrates decided that there was enough circumstantial evidence to conclude that Jubillar was guilty of murder.
But in a dramatic about-turn just over two months before his appeal was due to be heard, Jubillar wrote a "confession" admitting his involvement, his lawyer Pierre Debuisson told a news conference.
Jubillar is ready to "cooperate fully with the judicial authorities" and tell investigators where the body is located after hiding the corpse on the night of Dec. 15-16, 2020, he said.