Retrial for sergeant
AN ARMY sergeant is to face a retrial on charges of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute after a jury failed to reach verdicts.
Emile Cilliers, 37, of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps, denied throughout a seven-week trial at Winchester Crown Court two charges of attempted murder and a third count of damaging a gas fitting. Mr Justice Sweeney released Cilliers, of Amesbury, Wiltshire, on conditional bail until the retrial on the three counts, which he denies, is held on an unconfirmed date. POPULAR Albert Square resident Tiffany Butcher is to return to EastEnders in the new year.
Maisie Smith is set to reprise her role as the daughter of Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) and Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen).
The 16-year-old first joined the BBC One serial drama in 2008 at the age of six, and was a fans’ favourite.
Tiffany left the show in 2014 with her family when her mother chose to start a new life in Milton Keynes, although she staged a surprise return for the wedding of Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) and Lee Carter (Danny-Boy Hatchard) in 2016. But when she makes her permanent comeback early next year, fans will see how much the cute and cheeky youngster has grown up to become just like her mother, causing trouble wherever she goes.
Smith has already started shooting scenes as Tiffany, who will instantly cause chaos when she turns up on Whitney’s doorstep out of the blue.
Smith said: “It’s great to be back on the set of EastEnders. It’s been lovely to see some old faces and meet new ones, too.
“I can’t wait to show everyone how much Tiffany has changed.”