Sky-diver falls to his death after parachute is sabotaged

POLICE in England launched a murder inquiry yesterday when a sky-diver plunged 13,000ft to his death after his parachute was deliberately tampered with.

Sky-diver falls to his death after parachute is sabotaged

The cord on Stephen Hilder’s main parachute had been severed as well as the strapping on his reserve chute, Humberside Police revealed today.

The 20-year-old Army cadet officer plunged to the ground in seconds as horrified onlookers watched from nearby Hibaldstow Airfield in North Lincolnshire on Friday afternoon.

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