Jubillar Appeal Trial Postponed to 2027 Following New Investigations

Toulouse – 21 July 2026: A decision was made at the Toulouse courthouse on Tuesday that will require the relatives of Delphine Aussaguel, Jubillar’s wife, to wait several more months. The appeal trial against Cedric Jubillar, originally scheduled to begin on 21 September 2026, has been postponed to the first half of 2027. The Toulouse Court of Appeal announced this after a meeting with all parties involved in the proceedings.

The reason is the new investigations made necessary by the defendant’s recent statements. The presiding judge of the Haute-Garonne Assize Court referred to investigative steps still to be carried out, the orderly progress of the investigation, and the right of all parties to adversarial proceedings. A specific new trial date has not yet been set.

In October 2025, Cedric Jubillar was sentenced at first instance to 30 years in prison for the murder of his wife. He appealed the ruling. Delphine Aussaguel disappeared from her home town of Cagnac-les-Mines in the Tarn department in December 2020. Her disappearance triggered an extensive search and widely followed criminal proceedings over several years.

According to information from the proceedings, Jubillar admitted responsibility for his wife’s death in early July 2026. In mid-July, human bone remains were discovered during search operations in a field near Mailhoc in the Tarn. The new statements and discoveries must now be assessed and verified by the courts and compared with the existing case files. This may be decisive for the scope of evidence-taking, especially in appeal proceedings.

Defence lawyers Guy and Pierre Debuisson had pressed for further investigations. These included a reconstruction of events as well as new psychological and psychiatric assessments that are to take the recent statements into account. At the same time, the defence said that its client denies having planned the act in advance. This issue therefore remains a central point of the upcoming trial.

Pauline Rongier, who represents a close friend of Delphine Aussaguel, sees the adjournment as an opportunity to have the question of possible intent and preparation carefully examined. However, such an assessment is a matter for the investigation and subsequently for the Assize Court. The postponement is therefore not a ruling on a possible legal reclassification, but a procedural decision in favour of further clarification.

For the family, and especially for the couple’s two children, the decision means another delay. At the same time, it is intended to ensure that the new findings are not examined under time pressure. The proceedings remain open: guilt, legal classification and possible consequences will only be decided by the Court of Appeal after a full and public examination of the evidence.