The Fall: The Skydive Murder Plot. Interview with Det Sgt Maddy Hennah
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Emile Cilliers made global headlines in 2018 when he was convicted of the attempted murder of his wife Victoria.
He was an upstanding army sergeant, a family man, who led a debaucherous double life of sex clubs, girlfriends and payday loans.
He tried to murder Victoria by tampering with the gas meter in their home. When this failed, he sabotaged her parachute - both her main and reserve canopies.
Somehow, Victoria survived the 4,000-foot drop.
There was little direct evidence: no DNA, no CCTV. No clue that Emile was responsible.
But after taking a spine-tingling call and arresting Cilliers, detective Maddy Hennah became convinced he was the perpetrator.
What followed was a long, arduous inquiry leading to a sensational pair of trials.
It has been the subject of my own eight-part podcast series:
And it is now the subject of a brilliant three-part docudrama, made by Story Films for Channel4 in the UK:
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-fall-skydive-murder-plot/on-demand/75275-002
Victoria has written her own account too.
If you are impacted by issues raised in this interview, please read more here: https://refuge.org.uk/i-need-help-now/coercive-control/
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/coercive-control/
https://survivingeconomicabuse.org/i-need-help/
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