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| Parachute trial: Wife 'asked did you try to bump me off?' | Parachute trial: Wife 'asked did you try to bump me off?' |
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| The wife of an Army sergeant accused of tampering with her parachute told police she asked her husband "did you try to bump me off?", a court heard. | The wife of an Army sergeant accused of tampering with her parachute told police she asked her husband "did you try to bump me off?", a court heard. |
| Victoria Cilliers also told officers the skydive in which she suffered multiple injuries in a 4,000ft fall in April 2015 would be her last. | Victoria Cilliers also told officers the skydive in which she suffered multiple injuries in a 4,000ft fall in April 2015 would be her last. |
| Emile Cilliers, 37, denies attempting to murder his former Army officer wife, | Emile Cilliers, 37, denies attempting to murder his former Army officer wife, |
| Appearing at Winchester Crown Court, he also denies damaging a gas valve, recklessly endangering life. | |
| The jury was shown a number of police interviews, during one of which Mrs Cilliers, 40, said she sent the "tongue in cheek" remark in a text message to her husband, following the gas leak at their home. | The jury was shown a number of police interviews, during one of which Mrs Cilliers, 40, said she sent the "tongue in cheek" remark in a text message to her husband, following the gas leak at their home. |
| 'Gunning for husband' | 'Gunning for husband' |
| In a later interview, Mrs Cilliers told officers she had been angry after discovering her husband was having an affair. | In a later interview, Mrs Cilliers told officers she had been angry after discovering her husband was having an affair. |
| She said the "red mist came down" and she "was gunning for [her husband] in the interview" and wanted to paint a "bad picture" of him in her testimony. | She said the "red mist came down" and she "was gunning for [her husband] in the interview" and wanted to paint a "bad picture" of him in her testimony. |
| However, when asked by a detective if anything she had said was untrue, she said: "I don't think I lied". | However, when asked by a detective if anything she had said was untrue, she said: "I don't think I lied". |
| Mrs Cilliers also said that before her near-fatal fall at Netheravon Airfield, in Wiltshire, the parachute jump "probably was going to be my last jump". | Mrs Cilliers also said that before her near-fatal fall at Netheravon Airfield, in Wiltshire, the parachute jump "probably was going to be my last jump". |
| The Army fitness instructor told detectives going back to skydiving after becoming a mother was a "mental battle" and she had "lost confidence". | The Army fitness instructor told detectives going back to skydiving after becoming a mother was a "mental battle" and she had "lost confidence". |
| 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. | 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. |
| During the police interviews, Mrs Cilliers added she "could not categorically say" the main parachute was malfunctioning. | During the police interviews, Mrs Cilliers added she "could not categorically say" the main parachute was malfunctioning. |
| She said she agreed with others when they suggested the reason the main parachute failed was as a result of the lines being twisted during packing, because she was "embarrassed". | She said she agreed with others when they suggested the reason the main parachute failed was as a result of the lines being twisted during packing, because she was "embarrassed". |
| "I was quite embarrassed to admit I potentially cut away a reasonable parachute, but I just completely lost confidence," she told the interviewing officers. | "I was quite embarrassed to admit I potentially cut away a reasonable parachute, but I just completely lost confidence," she told the interviewing officers. |
| Mrs Cilliers only just survived the fall during which she suffered broken vertebrae, ribs and pelvis. | Mrs Cilliers only just survived the fall during which she suffered broken vertebrae, ribs and pelvis. |
| Mr Cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder and one of criminal damage recklessly endangering life. | Mr Cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder and one of criminal damage recklessly endangering life. |
| The case continues. | The case continues. |