Wife recalls 3,000 ft fall after husband sabotaged her parachute in sick murder plot

This Morning hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford spoke to Victoria Cilliers on Wednesday's show, the woman who survived her husband's two murder attempts.This Morning hosts Eamonn Holmes and

Ruth Langsford spoke to Victoria Cilliers on Wednesday's show, the woman who survived her husband's two murder attempts.

Emile Cilliers sabotaged Victoria's gas line and then when that failed to work, he sabotaged both her main and reserve parachute during a joint skydive in 2015.

Incredibly, Victoria survived the 3,000 ft fall but suffered a broken pelvis, broken ribs, fractures in her spine and bleeding in her lungs.

She revealed her husband had been having an affair and was trying to kill her to get her life insurance payout."I just remember a bang and everything going black, I was spinning so fast I'm not sure if I lost consciousness because of the G-force, or if that was me hitting the ground," she recalled.

Victoria believes she was a victim of coercive control, and shockingly her husband refused to give up on their marriage even from prison.

She visited him behind bars with a list of questions as she was desperate for answers, but she never got closure.Emile had spiralling debt and was taking loans out in Victoria's name as he essentially led a double life.

Victoria is a qualified skydiving instructor, and so she was well aware what was happening when her parachutes failed to deploy.

"The main parachute was twisted, and it's one of those things that you deal with on a regular basis as a skydiver," she said.

"But once I'd got rid of the twists it still didn't look normal, I wasn't happy with it and I got that slight sinking feeling that I was going to have to cut this away, but not any particular fear because it's something I've done before.

"But you expect as soon as you cut away your main that immediate jolt and slowing down of the reserve opening quickly, but that didn't happen, and as I cut away I started spinning.

"I realised it was full of twists and that's when you heart rate starts going up a bit more.

"Got rid of the twists thinking that was the problem, and then as soon as I did that it got a lot worse, and I started spinning.

"The focus is just on trying to slow the spin, you're not really aware of the ground or how high you are at that point."

She added: "I never considered the fact that I wouldn't succeed, I was aware that I had a baby and a toddler at home that I needed to get back to, giving up wasn't an option, I had to keep fighting to slow it down."

Reference: Mirror:  Verity Sulway 9 hrs ago: 5th August 2020