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0:00hi guys just tell it you know I have a
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0:11tuned until then hi Eminem's welcome
0:25back to another episode of murder and
0:28more as always I am your host Kara
0:33[Music]
0:44according to an article written by
0:46Carolyn lippo in April 2017 for Redbook
0:51magazine traditional wedding vows can be
0:54traced as far back as The Book of Common
0:56Prayer written by the Archbishop of
0:58Canterbury Thomas Cranmer in 1549 the
1:02vows have been adapted significantly
1:04over the years specifically the vowel we
1:07now know is till death do us part in the
1:11original version of the book this vowel
1:13was known as till death asked apart
1:16before it was changed in 1662 to till
1:20death us do part it was modified
1:23sometime after - what we now know it as
1:26till death do us part and has remained a
1:29stable part of wedding vows ever since
1:31till death do us part is an ominous vow
1:34to make with hundreds of thousands of
1:37divorces taking place each year in
1:39Catholicism till death do us part is
1:42taken literally meaning that only God
1:45Himself can interfere with a marriage
1:46and at the only manner in which a
1:49couple's marriage will end as if one of
1:51them dies amel cilia's also took the vow
1:55extremely literally and couldn't wait
1:57for God's interference to end his
1:59marriage thus an extravagant murder plot
2:02was born
2:03[Music]
2:09[Music]
2:11Easter Sunday 2015 was a darlin overcast
2:15day gray clouds lingered low in the
2:19slightly humid air and the temperature
2:20starts at a comfortable 11 degrees
2:23Celsius the bank holiday weekend
2:26provided the perfect opportunity for
2:28skydiving enthusiasts to pursue their
2:31passions one such person was 38 year old
2:35mother of two Victoria cilia's an
2:38ex-army captain an experienced skydiver
2:42Victoria had successfully performed over
2:452,000 jumps over the years and it stood
2:48to reason that this one shouldn't be any
2:50different she'd give him birth to her
2:52second child six weeks earlier and this
2:55was a perfect chance for her to get back
2:57into her passion Victoria's husband Emil
3:01cilia's shared his wife's passion and
3:04was also an avid skydiver with a couple
3:07regularly parachuting together it was
3:10impossible for Victoria to know however
3:12that she was about to experience every
3:15skydivers worst nightmare it was 4:15
3:19p.m. when Victoria Silius was finally
3:22ready to perform her solo jump just as
3:25she had done thousands of times before
3:27nine other people had successfully
3:30jumped out of the plane before her with
3:33Victoria being the last person to jump
3:35however this jump wasn't as successful
3:39as the previous jumpers had been and
3:41seconds after leaping from the plane
3:444000 feet in the air
3:46Victoria realized she was in a crisis
3:48the main lines of her parachutes had
3:51become entangled causing her to fall
3:54fast through the clouds and anyone else
3:57this would have instilled instant fear
3:59however her experience enabled Victoria
4:02to remain calm
4:03as she knew she had a reserve canopy for
4:06these events panic finally set in
4:09however when her reserve parachute also
4:12failed to fully deploy and Victoria's
4:15calm descent onto the Salisbury Plains
4:17turned into a rapid spiraling descent
4:20that could only end in disaster
4:23being a qualified parachute instructor
4:25Victoria had the wherewithal to slow
4:28down her descent from a hundred miles an
4:31hour to 30 miles an hour
4:32but even this speed would still cause
4:35her serious injury when Victoria finally
4:41landed on the soft ground of a freshly
4:43plowed field
4:44she suffered spinal injuries as well as
4:47breaking some ribs her collarbone and a
4:49leg Victoria spent three weeks in South
4:53Hampton hospital where she underwent
4:55emergency surgery but incredibly
4:57survived her terrifying ordeal it's
5:00believed that Victoria's slight eight
5:03stone frame landing on the freshly
5:05plowed field instead of the harsh chalky
5:08Solsbury plains were contributing
5:10factors in her survival Detective
5:13Inspector Paul Franklin of the Wiltshire
5:16police was alerted to the suspicious
5:18crashed the following day the police
5:21initially treated the crash as an
5:23accident but a chief instructor he was
5:26present at the time the young mother of
5:28two crashed to the ground knew and his
5:30gut that this wasn't an accident
5:32and that something sinister had caused
5:34Victoria's rapid descent to earth so
5:38much Wilder is still is the chief
5:40instructor at another Haven airfield
5:42he looked at a parachute so at the main
5:44parachute she said it was much more
5:45tangled they'd seen and seen plenty of
5:48malfunctions he said I've never seen one
5:50like this he goes and there it is links
5:53missing on the reserve he said I just
5:55can't give you an answer of why that
5:57should be that shouldn't happen the
6:00canopy of the parachute is attached to
6:02the harness worn by the individual
6:04performing the jump by slinks or soft
6:07links and it's without even one of these
6:09leaps that a parachute is effectively
6:11useless two of this links were missing
6:14from Victoria's reserve parachute for no
6:17obvious reason rendering it completely
6:20ineffective links are the strongest part
6:24of the parachute if anything the lines
6:26or the canopy itself would have broken
6:28first so it was inconceivable that the
6:31slinks would have broken or fallen off
6:33the parachute on their own due to this
6:35the mesons links quickly became the
6:37focus of the investigation police issued
6:41a press release in an effort to locate
6:43the missing links wondering if perhaps
6:46they may be found in a field nearby
6:48if this links had simply broken this
6:51could officially be declared an accident
6:54as a result of a kit malfunction but
6:57ultimately the missing links were never
6:59located forcing police to begin
7:02considering the possibility that they
7:04were removed on purpose indicating foul
7:07play the British parachutes Association
7:11conducted their own investigation into
7:13the accident and failed to identify any
7:16reason why the parachute would have
7:19malfunctioned and were unable to rule
7:21out the possibility that the parachutes
7:24have been interfered with this
7:26conclusion gave rise to even more
7:28speculation within the police force that
7:31this potentially was an attempted murder
7:33rather than a simple accident the result
7:37of this investigation forced them to
7:39perform a much more serious
7:41investigation into the suspicious crash
7:44with a desperate need to identify who if
7:47anyone had the motive to murder Victoria
7:50cilia's straight off the bat the police
7:53had multiple suspects that they were
7:55investigating for five days after the
7:58incident on the 10th of April 2015 a tip
8:03from one of Victoria's friends would
8:04turn the investigation upside down and
8:07potentially unlock the motive behind
8:10this crime
8:12South african-born Emil cilia's was an
8:15instructor for the Royal Army physical
8:18training corpse when he was treated by
8:20physiotherapist Victoria for a skiing
8:23accident in 2015
8:27the couple had been married for four
8:28years and were living in Amesbury with
8:30their two young children the youngest
8:33being just six weeks old at the time of
8:35the crash on the outside Victoria's
8:38marriage to Emil cilia's was idyllic
8:40they had two beautiful children and a
8:43seemingly perfect marriage however under
8:47this veneer of perfection the front
8:50revealed that the couple had a
8:51tumultuous relationship and very quickly
8:54Emil cilia's became the focus of the
8:57police's investigation regarding taking
9:00the friends statement di Franklin said
9:03quote there are domestic abuse issues
9:06within the relationship that weren't
9:08obvious from the outside we're not
9:11talking about black eyes and bruises
9:13we're talking about unseen stuff and
9:15great DC Maddy henna went on to describe
9:19Victoria and the meals relationship
9:22quote you treat somebody like a princess
9:25and then you do something really
9:27unacceptable and underhand but when you
9:30get found out you treat them like a
9:32princess again the woman keeps thinking
9:34he's treated me really well I let him
9:37off with that one and then it happens
9:39again it becomes that she is so squashed
9:42by it that she just accepts that that's
9:44what life is and quote
9:47with the revelation the Victoria animals
9:50relationship was a volatile one police
9:53believed he was a credible suspect a
9:56femicide census conducted by Karen
9:59Angela Smith revealed that 61% of women
10:02who were murdered in 2018 were murdered
10:05at the hands of their current or former
10:07partner or husband meaning that police
10:10were entirely justified in considering
10:13arresting Emil Silius for the attempted
10:15murder of his wife officers believed
10:18that Emile's arrest would elicit some
10:20form of response and display of emotion
10:23from him such as anger but they were
10:25shocked when they informed a meal that
10:27he was being arrested his army barracks
10:30on the 28th of April for the suspicion
10:32of attempting to murder the mother of
10:34his two children and no such emotions
10:37were exhibited instead the South
10:40african-born Army sergeant remained calm
10:43and composed and failed to protest his
10:46innocence as the metal cuffs clink shut
10:48around his wrists and officers began
10:51searching his office this complete lack
10:54of any form of emotion regarding being
10:57arrested or even being a suspect in the
10:59attempted murder of his wife struck
11:02police as extremely odd behavior and
11:04made a meal look all the more suspicious
11:08emil maintained his composure during the
11:11interviews - he declined to consult with
11:14a solicitor and happily permitted police
11:16to question him for six hours without
11:18protest
11:19Emile's personality rapidly shone
11:22through
11:22and they began seeing their suspect in a
11:25whole new light quote he displays all
11:29the traits of a psychopath psychopath
11:31sociopath narcissists extreme
11:35selfishness he only cares about himself
11:37end quote said di Paul Franklin very
11:42quickly Emil became extremely open and
11:45honest with the police during the
11:46interview and readily implied that he no
11:49longer cherished his wife it's also no
11:52I don't wanna be taking on a leave icky
11:55parabola
11:56I've got girlfriends and it ain't a
11:58girlfriend they were seen as an Austrian
12:00national and he puts holidays with them
12:03this revelation stunned police in part
12:06due to the manner in which he readily
12:08offered up the information the police
12:11examined Emile's Fame and the analysis
12:13corroborated his claims of infidelity
12:16Emil was indeed having an affair with an
12:19Austrian national whom he'd met on
12:21tinder and he was on a skiing trip four
12:24months prior to the attempted murder of
12:25his wife in the months following the
12:28commencement of her meals affair with
12:30Stephanie gala and the months prior to
12:32Victoria's crash the couple had been in
12:35contact almost daily right under
12:38victorious knows anything he it is quite
12:42strong made over the wife is she just
12:45been released from hospital she's in a
12:47body brace you've got a very young baby
12:49in the mantle resold an Italian police
12:52officers about your multiple affairs in
12:55your casual sex and a girlfriend and a
12:58man there and that was quite striking
13:01whilst Emil was happy to provide police
13:04information regarding his affair details
13:07surrounding the circumstances of the
13:09crash and the hours leading up to the
13:11crash were slightly more difficult to
13:13extract from him there are some of the
13:16things he told us about we asked him to
13:18give an account was that he was holding
13:20a parachute it's already booked out for
13:23her he also mentioned he'd taken his
13:25daughter to the toilet I was holding it
13:28again these were Sade
13:30very minimally and brushed over quickly
13:32he skips over them he's very quick and
13:35he was offered a tangent and again back
13:37what he didn't mean anything to us over
13:39thee they're just unusually big he
13:42hadn't gone it herself that she was
13:43jumping but whilst police were
13:46questioning Emil other officers were
13:48also interviewing Victoria who was very
13:51compliant and provided a factual account
13:53of her accident
13:55it quickly became apparent to police
13:58that Victoria had no suspicions of her
14:01husband's infidelity and therefore
14:03didn't share the police's skepticism
14:05regarding her husband's innocence
14:08Victoria failed to offer up an
14:11explanation as to why both her
14:13parachutes failed and it was quite clear
14:15she believed it was a simple kit
14:17malfunction meanwhile police had to make
14:20the agonizing decision as to whether
14:22they'll at a meal he was currently under
14:25suspicion of attempting to murder his
14:27wife go home to her and their two
14:29children
14:30ultimately the decision was made to
14:33release a male on bail with the
14:35conditions that he had no contact with
14:37Victoria and went anywhere other than
14:40his home address the police informed
14:43Victoria that they'd arrested her
14:45husband and the he'd been released on
14:47bail providing he didn't attend their
14:49family home Victoria was outraged by
14:53this decision and demanded to have her
14:55husband home to provide physical
14:57assistance with caring for their two
14:59young children
15:01Victoria's abilities were strictly
15:03diminished due to her extensive injuries
15:06and body brace and it rapidly became
15:08apparent to police that she was in
15:10denial that her husband had any
15:13involvement in the crash it was late at
15:16night when police notified Victoria of
15:19her husband's arrest and subsequent
15:20bailing they assured her they'd visit
15:23her the following day and explained all
15:25the details in person however it was
15:29going to be tough to prove to Victoria
15:31that her husband had attempted and
15:33failed to murder her despite a
15:35confession that Emil was unhappy in his
15:38marriage and was conducting an
15:40extramarital affair police had no
15:42physical evidence against him to
15:44conclusively prove he was responsible
15:46for the crash
15:48di Phu Franklin had three factors which
15:51contributed to his belief that a meal
15:54was the reason behind both parachutes
15:56failing and he shared these with
15:58Victoria the following day
16:00first of all Emil had told police he was
16:03discontented in his marriage and was
16:05planning on leaving her secondly Emile
16:07was having an affair with another woman
16:09an affair that was deemed by police
16:11examining his feign to be a serious
16:13relationship and had partaken in
16:16multiple extramarital affairs in
16:18previous years in fact at the time Emil
16:22wasn't just conducting an affair with
16:23Stephanie caller but also his ex-wife
16:26and mother to his two middle children
16:28Carly Celia's Emile's phone proved to be
16:32the most damning in providing police
16:34with a real insight into his true
16:36character quote he can have a
16:40conversation with his wife about picking
16:42up the children or a bit of shopping at
16:44the same time as arranging to meet
16:46someone he knows from fab swingers for
16:49some weekend fun and during in someone
16:51from adult work to see if they're
16:53available three totally separate
16:56conversations at the same time managed
16:59in such a way that there was never a
17:01wrong phone call to the wrong person and
17:04you see that repeated constantly for
17:06years you see what kind of person he was
17:09end quote finally the analysis of his
17:13phone revealed that Emil had told
17:15Stephanie that he believed he wasn't the
17:17father of his and Victoria's six week
17:19old baby and was intending on having a
17:22DNA test to conclusively prove the lack
17:25of paternity not only did these three
17:28factors contribute to di pool Franklin's
17:31belief that Emil had attempted to murder
17:33his wife but it also provided a motive
17:36to be rid of his wife and gave rise to
17:39the possibility that Emil may attempt
17:41and potentially be successful in a
17:44further attempt on her life if police
17:46allowed him to return to the home the
17:48couple shared together Paul Franklin
17:51vividly recalls sharing these facts with
17:54Victoria Silius and recollects just how
17:57distraught she was
17:59you go through a career in certain bits
18:01and you kinda just remain with you and
18:04then meeting that I played was one of
18:06those and you know you know what you're
18:08about to tell I'm about to tell her it's
18:10going to be devastating and there's no
18:13nice spin on it you can't make it nice
18:15you can't make it easy so Riley put it
18:17off in a doula and I tell them
18:19absolutely that I mean if she screams
18:22she cries she's really upset
18:25yeah it's heart-rending to see and then
18:28after so five ten days and you could see
18:30it's sinking in and to this day you are
18:34intended for the only time I saw a real
18:36Victorian finally Victoria began to
18:40accept the possibility that amel Silius
18:43wasn't the man she believed she knew
18:44just as Paul Franklin was about to leave
18:48the home
18:49Victoria offered up some information
18:51that would ultimately crack the case
18:53wide open and shock everyone involved
18:58just as Paul Franklin was about to leave
19:01he asked if Victoria had any further
19:03questions she wished to ask
19:05she didn't however she did wish to
19:09inform him of a slightly strange event
19:11that had occurred the previous week very
19:14matter-of-factly Victoria looked at the
19:17detective and exclaimed quote were you
19:21better know about the gas leak last week
19:23and great I don't think I'm sitting in a
19:26house as lesser than two years old a
19:28week before she falls out were playing
19:31the parachute they may be temporaries
19:32she's now going that gas leak it ain't
19:37right it's my gut reaction now is this
19:40is not what these almost like feeling it
19:42in now police had not one but two
19:45potential attempts on Victoria sylia's
19:48life and they believed now more than
19:50ever that they were at the hands of her
19:52husband di Franklin knew he had to
19:55investigate further
19:56to determine whether this was in fact a
19:59further attempt on Victoria's life or
20:01whether it was simply an accident
20:03he asked Victoria to come down to the
20:05station to be interviewed regarding the
20:07events of the week Victoria record in
20:10her interview that a few months before
20:12the
20:12gas leak at their home Emil had begun
20:14acting out of character and had made the
20:17decision to begin staying at the army
20:19base in alder shot Hampshire where he
20:21was working as he was tired of driving
20:24the hundred mile round-trip every day
20:26the evening prior was just like any
20:29other ordinary evening a meal had helped
20:33Victoria put the children to bed before
20:35driving to out a shop to stay at the
20:37army barracks to avoid the rush hour
20:39traffic when Victoria awake for next
20:42morning immediately she knew something
20:44wasn't right and instantly recognized
20:48the rotten egg type smell in the air as
20:50gas pressure I can Windows was
20:53anticipated a bit and she texts the
20:56neighbors were strange gas smell his
20:59text fact was have you turned the stove
21:01on just quite incredible he said well no
21:05of course not while they do that
21:07can you say well then we'll work on busy
21:09talk and you deal that and then make
21:11sure she did arrange for an emergency
21:14gas engine needs to come out and he
21:16found her nuts like last part when she
21:19thought was loosely just tightened it up
21:21slightly
21:22he said the porter turn gordon airy and
21:25chilling revelation left police more
21:28convinced than ever before that emil
21:31Silius was a dangerous and callous man
21:33not only had he tried to murder his wife
21:36twice but one of those times his own
21:39children were present in the house
21:41despite their mounting concerns police
21:44still required physical evidence to
21:47present a solid case against a male
21:49Silius to the cps di pool franklin
21:53obtained the warrant to search the
21:55couple's home specifically to perform a
21:58forensic investigation on the gas pipe
22:00this examination would finally provide
22:03police with their first piece of
22:05physical evidence on the pipe they
22:08discovered minut traces of blood which
22:11subsequently matched emil silliest DNA
22:13whilst this identified emil as handling
22:16the pipe it didn't specify when the
22:19blood had been shed on it and he could
22:21have quite easily explained the presence
22:23of his play
22:24away as a botched DIY job so the
22:27forensics team pursued with their
22:29investigation in an attempt to uncover
22:32conclusive proof that a male had
22:34interfered with the pipe and caused the
22:36gas leak and finally they discovered the
22:40evidence they were looking for mold
22:42Richmond was on its lips they had pulled
22:45back and built up and the actual grip
22:48and the marks of left mashing cycling's
22:51from all groups that we found in the
22:54utility room in a house which one
22:56and the worst ones and we proved is
22:59there were marks on its hotness that
23:01proved it only ever been elusive this
23:04was the breakthrough police needed to
23:06prove that not only hit a male being in
23:09the cupboard where the gas pipe was
23:10located but that his tools responsible
23:13for loosening the nut that eventually
23:15caused the gas to leak out slowly police
23:20finally had physical evidence to
23:22pinpoint a meal cilia's his being
23:25responsible for at least one of the
23:27potential attempts from Victoria's life
23:29and were able to bring him back into the
23:32station for further questioning my
23:49friend stated the relation to the
23:52motorist was really the NJB flash
23:58multipliers that conclusively the
24:02looking players were used to possibly a
24:06nuisance
24:07[Music]
24:10Amil attempted to explain away the
24:13evidence and told police there he'd used
24:16the more grips to both loosen and
24:18tighten the nuts in the past however the
24:21forensic evidence conclusively proved
24:24that this was untrue has been used to
24:39[Music]
24:46help in the face of damning physical
25:18evidence the male Silius was unable to
25:20talk his way out of these allegations
25:23however police still had a lot of work
25:26to do and continue to work tirelessly to
25:30prove that Emil had also tampered with
25:32the parachute after the gas leak failed
25:35to kill Victoria additional texts from
25:38the analysis of a male's phone came to
25:41light which demonstrated the if Emil was
25:44responsible for Victoria's crash it was
25:47without a doubt premeditated a mere six
25:51hours after he discerned that the gas
25:53peak had failed to murder the 38 year
25:56old mother of two Emil quickly suggested
25:59they go parachuting at the weekend
26:01already conjuring up a new plot to
26:04murder his wife obviously believing for
26:07Emil was a loving husband
26:09Victoria readily jumped at the idea of
26:11reigniting her passions six weeks
26:14postpartum
26:16this revelation is just another building
26:18block in the case against emil cilia's
26:21and proves again that he is a cold
26:23callous and dangerous individual in an
26:28attempt to proof that Emil was
26:30responsible for Victoria's parachutes
26:32malfunctions di Paul Franklin approached
26:36two different parachute riggers in
26:38separate parts of the country a
26:41parachute rigger is an individual who's
26:44trained to pack maintain and repair
26:46parachutes Paul asked the two
26:49specialists to purposely attempt to
26:52render a parachute ineffective in
26:54whichever manner they saw fit both
26:57trained riggers demonstrated that a
27:00parachute could be tampered with in less
27:02than five minutes police quickly learned
27:05that Emil had successfully undergone a
27:08course in order to become a trained
27:10rigger proving he had the knowledge to
27:13lethally sabotage both of Victorious
27:16parachutes however despite this
27:19circumstantial evidence against a meal
27:21police still needed to obtain physical
27:24evidence to demonstrate that not only
27:26had a meal tampered with the parachutes
27:28but he'd also ensured Victoria used
27:32those specific ones Victoria it was
27:35interviewed for a second time regarding
27:37the tragic weekend that forever changed
27:40her life and once again her testimony to
27:43police provided damning evidence against
27:45her husband
27:47Viktoria record to the police that a
27:50male had organized for the family to go
27:52to the drop zone together on the
27:54Saturday to organize the jump whilst
27:57Victoria was ensuring the paperwork was
27:59all up together in the office
28:01Emil went and booked out the parachute
28:04he's believed that after Emil worked out
28:07the parachute he managed to sneak it
28:09away for long enough in order to
28:11lethally sabotage it the expert riggers
28:14had already proved that it took just
28:16five minutes to render a parachute
28:18unusable and Emil had already confessed
28:21to the police that after he'd booked it
28:23out he'd taken the parachute to the
28:25toilet with him where he was completely
28:28out of sight of anyone else and had free
28:31rein to tamper with it it soon became
28:34apparent that the lone grey clouds
28:36weren't going to clear rendering it
28:39completely impossible for Victoria to
28:41jump that day Victoria was happy to
28:44reschedule the following day and I'm
28:47sure panicking Emil managed to persuade
28:49her to put the parachute he'd already
28:51booked out into a locker
28:53apparently in order to save time the
28:55following day in reality we know that
28:59the only reason Emil wished to keep the
29:01parachute in their locker overnight was
29:04because he needed Victoria to use it and
29:07to ensure no one else could utilize it
29:09instead Victoria was dubious about
29:12putting the parachute in her locker
29:14as she felt they should give it back but
29:17not wanting to cause a scene in public
29:19she finally agreed and the parachute is
29:22placed into the couple shared locker
29:25whilst this was finally the evidence
29:27police needed to pinpoint Emil Silius as
29:30the attempted killer
29:32they now required a strong motive one
29:35stronger than a meals wish to leave his
29:37wife as he already had two failed
29:40marriages behind him the obvious
29:42conclusion to his discontentment would
29:44have simply been to divorce Victoria as
29:47he had done before finally police
29:50received the break three they'd worked
29:52so hard to achieve and were finally able
29:54to prove that not only did Emil silliest
29:58try and murder his wife
29:59twice
30:00in one week but they he had a strong
30:03motive to get rid of her
30:05police already knew this Emil wish to
30:08leave Victoria and begin a new life with
30:11Stephanie kala in fact on the 7th of
30:14January 2015
30:16police uncovered attacks to Stephanie
30:19where Emil informed her that as of April
30:21he'd be able to be more spontaneous was
30:25this because he'd been carefully
30:27plotting his wife's murder they knew he
30:30was unhappy in his marriage to Victoria
30:32but ultimately the reason the meal
30:35wanted rid of his wife was the same
30:37motive thousands of people use each year
30:40to murder their spouse money the root of
30:44all evil it was discovered by a
30:47financial analyst that Emile's that
30:49mounted to over 22 thousand pound and
30:53the analyst would soon go on to uncover
30:55that not wrong before the two attempted
30:58murders on his wife Emil Silius had
31:01increased both their life-insurance
31:02policies it's one hundred and twenty
31:05thousand pound
31:07this meant the diffict Oriya had died he
31:10would have gained access to the hundred
31:12and twenty thousand pound from her life
31:14insurance policy which would have been
31:16enough money to pay off his mounting
31:18debts and build a new life abroad with
31:21Stephanie now police had enough evidence
31:24to prove Emil Silius had attempted to
31:27murder his wife on two separate
31:29occasions he had the opportunity to
31:32perpetrate both attempts and they'd also
31:35proved he had a strong enough motive to
31:38commit the murder but just when police
31:40believed they had a strong case against
31:43Emil sylia's their concerns around their
31:45star witness
31:46Victoria zillions grew and they began
31:49speculating whether she would testify
31:51against her husband if victorious still
31:55refused to accept that her husband had
31:58attempted to murder her and she refused
32:00to testify for the prosecution police
32:03had to ask themselves whether they would
32:05be able to secure a conviction
32:07nevertheless police pursued their case
32:10against Emil cilia's
32:13two and a half years after Victoria's
32:15near-fatal crash in September 2017 Emil
32:21sylia's was charged with two counts of
32:23attempted murder and the trial commenced
32:26on the 11th of October that year at
32:28Winchester Crown Court Emil maintained
32:31his innocence however police remained
32:34fairly confident that they'd be able to
32:37prove the solidity of their case against
32:39him
32:40their confidence however would falter
32:43when Victoria took to the witness box
32:46I wasn't expecting that you go with
32:48Albany Hughes him I did expect her to go
32:50along and just say what she said in the
32:52interviews and then she points of all
32:54such areas and then she just went off
32:58Flynn said you know the police lied to
33:01me and I want to change the story and
33:03the police won't allow me to do that and
33:05you just sit there just like as really
33:07literally really difficult to hear it's
33:09just sitting there going like this this
33:11is not true this we never did that she
33:14we never liked you she's not saying
33:16Emile's innocent but she's slightly in
33:20the investigation effectively well
33:22that's hard to hear it appeared that
33:24Victoria was under a meal spell and
33:26essentially brainwashed by her husband
33:29into believing his innocence
33:31this just increased the prosecution's
33:33requirement to present an extremely
33:36solid case against him a task which they
33:39weren't afraid to conduct at the same
33:42time however di Paul Franklin knew that
33:46the jury would take Victoria's testimony
33:48into consideration and her had to
33:51question as to whether the jury would be
33:53able to find a meal silliest guilty of
33:55attempted murder beyond a reasonable
33:57doubt based on her testimony and Paul's
34:01fears were confirmed when the jury
34:03failed to come to a decision on a male's
34:05guilt or innocence this was a
34:08devastating play for police they'd
34:11worked tirelessly for two and a half
34:13years for a conviction against him and
34:15due to Victoria's testimony against the
34:18prosecution it was a hung jury as the
34:21jury hadn't acquitted a meal however the
34:24prosecution were permitted another trial
34:26and the police had to work with the
34:28prosecution to ensure their case against
34:31a meal with bulletproof in the first
34:34trial di Franklin had decided not to
34:37submit all the evidence they'd found
34:39against a meal searching for and talking
34:42to sex workers regularly visiting porn
34:45sites and attending swingers clubs in an
34:48attempt to diminish Victoria's public
34:50humiliation however with the first trial
34:54going so horribly wrong di Franklin felt
34:57he had no choice but to submit these
34:59into evidence to prove that a meal was
35:02constantly searching for sex workers the
35:06second trial began on the 11th of April
35:092018 three years after Victoria's
35:12near-fatal crash knowing Victoria would
35:16likely testify against the prosecution
35:19and accused the police of lying to her
35:21for a second time di Franklin built a
35:25detailed timeline demonstrating all the
35:28times the police had made contact with
35:30her at the end of the retrial
35:32everyone was on tenterhooks anxious for
35:36a meal silliest to be found guilty their
35:39prayers were answered
35:40and finally di Franklin and his teams
35:44three years of hard work had paid off
35:46and the jury were able to convict the
35:49meal cilia's for two counts of attempted
35:51murder against his wife naturally the
35:55police were ecstatic with this outcome
35:57however of this present in the courtroom
36:00appeared to be anything but
36:03and the foreman stands up and you just
36:05almost holding your breath and when he
36:09says guilty it's just like just released
36:12you saying yes I look across a meal and
36:15is just completely blank and no
36:17expression whatsoever I look at Victoria
36:19completely blank that expression
36:21whatsoever on the 15th of June 2018 mr.
36:26justice Sweeney told a meal cilia's that
36:29his crimes were quote wicked offending
36:33of extreme gravity and quit and went on
36:36to say quote your offending was
36:39extremely serious with your two attempts
36:42to murder your wife they were planned
36:44and carried out in cold blood for your
36:46own selfish purposes that your wife
36:49recovered at all was miraculous she
36:52undoubtedly suffered severe fiscal harm
36:54and she must have suffered psychological
36:56harm in the terror of The Fool and since
37:00she appears to have recovered from the
37:02physical harm but not having seen her in
37:05the witness box at length from the
37:07psychological harm and great he went on
37:11to sentence Emil to 18 years
37:13incarceration at Her Majesty's pleasure
37:15for both times he attempted to murder
37:18his wife and for endangering his
37:20children in the gas leak this was the
37:23best outcome police could have received
37:25with DI Paul Franklin stating quote from
37:29the outset Emil sylia's showed no
37:32remorse for what he had done he lied all
37:35the way through the two trials but in
37:37the end justice won out with the guilty
37:39verdicts and now a long prison sentence
37:43emile sylia's is dangerous he's a cold
37:46callous selfish man who cares only about
37:49money in his sexual conquests today's
37:52sentencing means that society is a
37:54little safer with him locked away
37:56I also hope this result means that there
37:59can now be some closure for his wife
38:01Victoria and her family who were victims
38:04in this which a police is dedicated in
38:08bringing offenders like sylia's to
38:10justice as well as giving help to those
38:12who find themselves in subtle abuse
38:15and coercive relationships like the one
38:18highlighted here often the abuse is not
38:21obvious because there may be no physical
38:23telltale science or injuries however a
38:26victim suffering emotional and financial
38:29abuse as in this case can be just as
38:32deeply traumatized and quite vast police
38:35were extremely satisfied with the result
38:37of the retrial and were ecstatic to
38:40finally receive justice for Victoria
38:42Victoria herself didn't receive the
38:46justice in such a positive manner in an
38:49interview with ITV she stated quote I've
38:52been through every emotion Under the Sun
38:55I've had plenty of time to think about
38:57things which is probably why and not
39:00overtly angry partly because I'm still
39:02in shock slightly stunned about the
39:05whole thing also I've got two young
39:07children and the sole carer for them I
39:09can't be angry bitter really emotional I
39:12need to keep an even keel for them and
39:15quote in another interview she stated
39:18quote I have to go I suppose with the
39:22verdict it's almost like peer pressure
39:24to conform my family friends everyone
39:28seems to think they know more than I do
39:30they see different evidence to me he'd
39:33been unfaithful
39:34he'd had issues with money but that is
39:37not attempted murder yes I'm hurt and
39:39angry but can I see him as capable of
39:42murder no end quote
39:47Amil Silius is an arrogant callous and
39:50dangerous man who showed no emotion
39:52regarding his wife's attempted murder
39:55and the manner in which he gravely
39:57endangered his own children
39:59the only time Emil displayed any emotion
40:02during the three year investigation was
40:05when he revealed the he'd broken up with
40:07his girlfriend Stephanie Kola however
40:09police believe this was just another
40:12attempt to manipulate them into
40:14believing he was something other than an
40:16emotionless monster
40:18police believe Emil Silius had coercive
40:21control over Victoria causing her
40:24maintained belief that it was
40:25inconceivable he was responsible for her
40:28attempted murder ultimately this case
40:32serves to prove the role police play in
40:34protecting the public and the tireless
40:37and sometimes thankless work they
40:39pretend to bring in the guilty
40:41individuals to justice
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