Jurors chosen in murder bid trial

A panel of potential jurors has been selected for the trial of an army sergeant accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute.

Emile Cilliers, of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps, faces two charges of attempted murder and a third count of damaging a gas fitting, which the 38-year-old denies.

The serving soldier with the Royal Army Physical Training Corps is accused of sabotaging his wife’s main and reserve parachute, and a few days earlier tampering with a gas valve at the family home in Amesbury, Wiltshire.

Victoria Cilliers, a parachuting instructor, suffered near-fatal injuries when her main and reserve parachutes failed during a jump at the Army Parachute Association at Netheravon, Wiltshire on 5 April, 2015.