The shocking true story behind Channel 4's The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot
11.06.2024 - 20:07
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A new Channel 4 docudrama is set to reveal the eye-opening details of a horrifying plan to kill a young mum of two. The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot, is on at 9pm on Tuesday (June 11).
The three-part series tells a true-life story of betrayal which none of us could imagine. Victoria Cilliers, a woman who thought she was living with a man who loved her, was cast in the centre of a dastardly plot.
It wasn't until she had nearly been killed that the full story came out. The true and devastating story of Victoria is unmissable.
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Victoria married husband in 2011 and the couple had two children. They were both in the British Army, and met when she - a physiotherapist - treated him - a physical training instructor in the Royal Artillery - for his dodgy knee.
The couple were initially happily married, but by 2015 the couple's relationship was strained. Emile was in debt and would use her cash.
He would also go AWOL from home, and was accused by a friend of his wife's of sending inappropriate messages to her sixteen-year-old daughter. He also started receiving emails from a sex club, which Victoria discovered on the family computer.
After his wife found out he was having an affair Emile concocted a plan where he would kill her off, claim her life insurance to pay off his debt and start a new life with his girlfriend - who was under the impression that his marriage was over.
On Easter Sunday 2015, Victoria undertook a parachute jump which had been given to her as a gift by Emile. During the skydive, Victoria's standard and reserve parachutes failed to open.
After she fell 4,000 feet to the ground, she