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      • An Army sergeant has been jailed for life for trying to murder his wife by sabotaging her parachutes. Victoria Cilliers, 41, survived a 4,000ft (1,220m) fall at Netheravon airfield, Wiltshire, in April 2015. Emile Cilliers, 38, of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps, also tried to kill her by causing a gas leak at the family home.
      www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-44237336

      Parachute murder bid: Emile Cilliers jailed for life - BBC News

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