My fairytale husband tried to kill me by sabotaging my parachute - but even when he was sentenced to life, I was nearly sucked back in by his promises The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot features Victoria's first in-depth TV interview READ MORE: Is this the new Bridget Jones? Young journalist Queenie hits the bottle and spirals into mayhem after her boyfriend ditches her in a darkly comic new series By Sarah Oliver For Weekend Magazine Published: 11:46 BST, 8 June 2024 | Updated: 11:46 BST, 8 June 2024 e-mail View comments For skydiver Victoria Cilliers, it has taken almost a decade to be able to say, without shame or doubt, that she knows her husband tried to kill her by sabotaging her parachute. The fact that Army Sergeant Emile Cilliers tried to murder his wife, the mother of his toddler daughter and newborn son, in search of hot sex and hard cash, seemed clear to detectives, a jury, and a fascinated public. He had entangled the lines of her main chute and removed critical fastening links from her emergency reserve.
When an unsuspecting Victoria leapt out of the plane both parachutes failed and she plunged 4,000ft, her survival a testament to her brilliance as a skydiver, her bird-like frame and the good luck of landing on soft, newly ploughed soil. Besides, it was only a week since he’d tried to blow her up by staging a gas leak. But accepting she’d married a man willing to watch her freefall to a ‘certain’ death was much harder for Victoria herself.
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