Cilliers Trial UK.

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UK television 1 hour documentary showing next Wednesday 17th October - "The Parachute Murder Plot"

ITV at 21.00

[obelixtim 124]

I see Victoria did a tandem recently to raise money for the ambulance service.

My computer beat me at chess, It was no match for me at kickboxing....

[CountZero23 0]

Was well done I thought and is worth a watch.

https://www.itv.com/hub/the-parachute-murder-plot/2a6096a0001

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

[turkeyphant 1]

Shit missed this last year. Did anyone rip it?

[bibliwho 1]

It's on Amazon Prime here in the US.  Didn't see it on the UK site, unfortunately. Use a VPN & sign up for a trial?

 

[neilmck 36]

For anyone in France, it is currently being shown on the Planete+ TV channel.  However this channel is a PayTV channel and I don't have a subscription, so I guess I will have to wait.

[neilmck 36]

On 6/26/2020 at 11:48 AM, govindkori said:

We can all have an opinion but I feel yours is more based on some historic acrimony towards the BPA and therefore negates some of the good points you make.
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The only comment I have made on this subject is on the difficultly I am having receiving the program in France.  However I have read the contents of this thread and I consider the good points to be good points.  I do not see how someone's perceived opinion of any association could change a good point into a bad one.

[riggerrob 598]

Victoria Cilliers recently published a book about her accident. "My husband tried to kill me. I Survived." by Victoria Cilliers (Pan Books, London, 2020)

ISBN 978-1-5290-6411-7

The book is well-written and mainly deals with her emotional trauma both before and after the accident. She also had to testify during 2 jury trials. 

Her ex-husband Emile Cilliers was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

I will mail my copy to the first person that sends me their mailing address.

 

[ostrich 0]

I watched that three parter and I'm unreasonably irritated we did not get a technical explanation on  how those slinks were reached in the reserve container to be cut and the main packed with a malfunction in the few minutes the police say he was alone with the rig in a bathroom.

Dang it, these are real questions that need answers.

[Bokdrol 42]

1 hour ago, ostrich said:

I watched that three parter and I'm unreasonably irritated we did not get a technical explanation on  how those slinks were reached in the reserve container to be cut and the main packed with a malfunction in the few minutes the police say he was alone with the rig in a bathroom.

Dang it, these are real questions that need answers.

My observations exactly. Plus there was possibly an infant in the cubicle with him too. I'm sure Cilliers' defence must have covered this vital aspect in the trial, but even then, the fact that Mrs C. said at the first trial and under oath, that she 'may have got rid of a perfectly good main'  (plus other stuff in his favour) and I'm you would be forgiven for doubting the conviction. I also felt that the 2 Wiltshire Constabulary I/O s had him hung drawn and quartered pre-trial, their main contention being that he was a nasty geezer and a serial lover-boy. I couldn't figure out the D/I bloke who seemed a bit of a jobsworth but I guess that's detectives for you,  but the lady detective certainly had an axe to grind over male philanderers and used quite a lot of her 15 mins of fame to highlight her own personal issues vis a vie males in general.  But the clincher for me was the Ch4 front page photo of Victoria, a Grand Caravan in the sky and a paraglider flying below it....(that's a joke for some of you).

Edited June 17 by Bokdrol

[Bokdrol 42]

On 6/17/2024 at 4:04 PM, ostrich said:

I watched that three parter and I'm unreasonably irritated we did not get a technical explanation on  how those slinks were reached in the reserve container to be cut and the main packed with a malfunction in the few minutes the police say he was alone with the rig in a bathroom.

Dang it, these are real questions that need answers.

I got a bit more info (2nd/third or maybe even 4th hand so factor that in) on some of the issues that weren't made clear from a skydiver's perspective in the documentary  (1) The rig was military club hire gear taken out on the Saturday but not jumped due to a weather day. It should have been returned to the gear store on the Saturday but was kept out overnight and the main was allegedly doctored on the Saturday (2) the reserve was allegedly done on the Sunday in the cubicle. (3) an experienced rigger was in court and did the reserve job in a similarly confined space, in the given time, to support the prosecution.  

Edited July 10 by Bokdrol