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Emile Cilliers trial: Accused 'texted lover as wife in surgery' Emile Cilliers trial: Accused 'texted lover as wife in surgery'
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A man accused of tampering with his wife's parachute contacted his mistress as his spouse underwent surgery after a 4,000ft fall, a court heard. An Army sergeant accused of tampering with his wife's parachute contacted his lover as his spouse underwent surgery after a 4,000ft fall, a court was told.
Jurors heard messages between Emile Cilliers and his lover sent in the hours after Victoria Cilliers', 40, fall at a Wiltshire airfield, in 2015. Jurors were read messages sent between Emile Cilliers and Stefanie Goller in the hours after Victoria Cilliers' fall at a Wiltshire airfield in 2015.
In one, Winchester Crown Court heard Mr Cilliers asked Stefanie Goller to clean for him in the nude. In one, Winchester Crown Court heard, the defendant asked Ms Goller to clean for him in the nude.
Mr Cilliers, 37, denies attempting to murder his former Army officer wife.Mr Cilliers, 37, denies attempting to murder his former Army officer wife.
'Naked cooking'
In another message, the army fitness instructor told Ms Goller he would repay her services with "hugs and kisses", the court was told.In another message, the army fitness instructor told Ms Goller he would repay her services with "hugs and kisses", the court was told.
She replied: "Haha, I like naked cooking." She replied: "Haha, I like naked cooking ; )"
Prosecutors allege Mr Cilliers, of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps in Aldershot, twisted the lines of his wife's main parachute and removed two slinks - which attach lines to the harness from a reserve chute - the day before her jump at Netheravon airfield, on 5 April, 2015. The court was read WhatsApp messages the lovers exchanged after Mrs Cilliers, 40, was hurt in a jump with the Army Parachute Association ) at Netheravon, Wiltshire, on Easter Sunday, 2015.
The army fitness instructor is also accused of a third charge of damaging a gas valve at their home a few days earlier, in the second allegation that he attempted to kill his wife. He denies all three charges. After telling Ms Goller that his wife was undergoing surgery, Mr Cilliers, of the Aldershot-based Royal Army Physical Training Corps, wrote: "One day we might have a family of our own."
The trial continues. Prosecutors allege Mr Cilliers twisted the lines of his wife's main parachute and removed two slinks - which attach lines to the harness from a reserve chute - the day before her jump.
He is also accused of a third charge of damaging a gas valve at their home a few days earlier, in the second allegation that he attempted to kill his wife.
Mr Cilliers denies all three charges and the trial continues.