When it was discovered that Victoria Cilliers' parachute was sabotaged by her husband, it became a crimethat gripped the nation.
Victoria Cilliers, 48, survived a 4,000ft (1,220m) fall at Netheravon airfield, Wiltshire, in April 2015.
Her husband, former Army sergeant Emile Cilliers, 44, was later found guilty of sabotaging the parachute in a plan to murder his wife, and was jailed for a minimum of 18 years at Winchester Crown Court in 2018.
Almost ten years on,the twisted story is at the focus of a new Channel 4 docuseries, The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot, with episode one set to air on Tuesday 11 June at 9.00pm.
The three-part series will shed light on Cilliers' web of affairs, debt, sex clubs and murderous intent.
But, who is Victoria Cilliers and what's the shocking true story behind the murder plot conducted by her husband? Read on to find out.
When it was discovered that Victoria Cilliers' parachute was sabotaged by her husband, it became a crime that gripped the nation
Who is Victoria Cilliers?
Victoria Cilliers, 48, is a trained physiotherapist who served in the British army reaching the rank of captain.
Cilliers currently works as a physiotherapist for the Ministry of Defence, according to The Sun.
She married her now ex-husband Emile Cilliers in 2011 and together they had two children.
The mother-of-two is also a highly experienced skydiver.
The mother-of-two is a highly experienced skydiver
What happened to Victoria Cilliers when her husband Emile Cilliers try to kill her?
Vicky Cilliers was sent plummeting from 4,000 feet after her husband cut her parachute in 2015 - but incredibly survived.
Emile Cilliers first tried to gas his wife with their children in the house but the smell alerted her to the danger and she later jokingly texted him to say: 'Are you trying to kill me?!.'
Three days later he suggested his wife, an experienced parachutist, go skydiving over Easter weekend 2015 and then sabotaged her kit on the eve of her 4,000ft jump at Netheravon Airfield, Wiltshire.
Cilliers tangled her main canopy and removed vital links from her reserve in a toilet cubicle after he told Mrs Cilliers one of their children needed the loo.
Her survival was described as a 'near-miracle' and was put down to the soft soil of the ploughed field where she landed.
Mrs Cilliers' light weight was also attributed as a factor in helping to minimise her injuries.
Mr Justice Sweeney said Mrs Cilliers, although recovered physically, had sustained serious and long-lasting psychological damage.
The soldier was described as a 'boobaholic' by his wife - who knew he was part of a sex club.
Cilliers had contacted prostitutes about meeting up on the proviso sex was unprotected and he could film the liaison - but cancelled after they tried to charge £60 instead of £50.
He also signed up to a sex club and swingers' site to find a 'f*** buddy.'
Three years later, in court,Mr Justice Sweeney described the evidence as 'overwhelming' and said Cilliers had three motives.
They were the money he thought he would receive in life insurance, the concern that his wife - a senior officer - could ruin his Army career, and because his wife's death would clear the way for a new life with another woman.
The father-of-six, who the prosecution called a 'charmless unfaithful penniless scoundrel', was also sleeping with his ex-wife Carly, Mrs Cilliers and a Tinder lover named Stefanie Goller.
In May 2018,Cilliers was jailed and sacked from the Royal Army Physical Training Corps after he was found guilty of attempted murder by sabotaging his wife's parachute.
He was jailed for life and was told to serve a minimum of 18 years.
Vicky Cilliers was sent plummeting from 4,000 feet after her husband Emile (pictured, right) cut her parachute in 2015 - but incredibly survived
The soldier was described as a 'boobaholic' by his wife - who knew he was part of a sex club.
In May 2018, Cilliers was jailed and sacked from the Royal Army Physical Training Corps after he was found guilty of attempted murder by sabotaging his wife's parachute
Where is Victoria Cilliers now?
Since her near brush with death at the hands of her twisted ex-husband, Emile, she has since met and become engaged to a fellow skydiver.
Choosing to keep his name anonymous, Cilliers revealed to MailOnlinethat she is set to get married to her fiancé later this year, in front of the family and friends who supported her in the horrific aftermath of her 3,000ft fall to earth.
According to Mrs Cilliers, she claims that her ex-husband has reached out to her during his stint in prison, and how she was almost lured back with 'false promises.'
Episode 1 of The Fall: Skydiver Murder Plot airs on Tuesday 11 June at 9pm.
