Woman whose husband tried to kill her by tampering with her parachute before a skydive reveals she visited him in prison despite his multiple murder attempts because she didn't want to believe he was responsible Emile Cilliers tried to kill wife Victoria by tampering with her parachute in 2015 READ MORE: 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 By Maria Chiorando For Mailonline Published: 17:37, 10 June 2024 | Updated: 18:17, 10 June 2024 e-mail View comments On Easter Sunday 2015, Victoria Cilliers took a parachute jump, which she had been gifted by her husband, Emile - a man she has described as a 'fairytale', and 'almost too good to be true'. Her relationship with the then-British army sergeant had been under some stress, but Victoria - an experienced skydiver - believed the present was her husband's way of trying to turn over a new leaf. But when an unsuspecting Victoria leapt out of the plane at 4,000ft, both of her parachutes failed, and only her skill and experience in skydiving, and her luck at landing on soft, newly ploughed soil, saved her from death.
In fact, her survival was so unlikely, that those who saw her plummet from the sky assumed she must have died, and a body bag was brought to the scene. Victoria sustained a number of life-threatening injuries during what she assumed had been a terrible accident, but while recovering she would learn via a visit .
