Emile Cilliers, 37, faces a retrial in April where he is accused of twice attempting to murder Victoria Cilliers, 40. Cilliers is said to have sabotaged his wife's parachute before it failed to deploy when she made the jump in Wiltshire in 2015. Mrs Cilliers, an experienced army physiotherapist and parachute instructor, suffered near-fatal injuries after the dive on Easter Sunday in April. The jury in the first trial failed to reach a verdict having poured over the evidence for approximately 30 hours at Winchester Crown Court following a seven-week trial. Cilliers was based in Aldershot, Hampshire, and worked with the Royal Army Physical Training Corps - attached to the Royal Engineers.

Source: Daily Mail February 12, 2018 12:22 UTC