(Tongeren, Belgium) Schoolteacher Els Clotteman, 26, has been convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder.The verdict against Els Clottemans, 26, ended a month-long trial which revealed no hard evidence that she had sabotaged Els Van Doren's parachute during a jump over eastern Belgium on 18 November 2006.Clottemans maintained her innocence throughout the trial.
Mrs Van Doren, then 38, jumped that day – with 11 other parachutists, including Clottemans – from a small plane flying at 30,000 feet.
The 12 jurors agreed with the prosecution that the evidence was circumstantial, but overwhelming.
Love Triangle at 13,000 Feet
[Previous 1/25/07 post]
(The Sky Above Belgium) As had occurred for several years, Miss Els Clottemans, 22, and her boyfriend, a Dutchman named Marcel, went skydiving with her girlfriend, Els Van Doren, 37. Unfortunately, Mrs. Van Doren's parachutes (main and reserve) failed to open, causing her death after plunging 13,000 feet and colliding unimpeded with the Earth.
Investigators found that Mrs.Van Doren's parachutes had been sabotaged and have accused Miss Clottemans of the deed and charged her with murder. It appears that Clottemans' boyfriend Marcel was doing some intimate free-falling with Mrs. Van Doren and Clottemans wanted to eliminate her as a competitor.
Although Clottemans denies the charge, she previously tried to kill an American boyfriend by running over him with her vehicle. The boyfriend survived and charges were dropped. Nonetheless, Clottemans appears to have a history of relationship problems and attempted murder doesn't seem to be out of the question.
Clottemans is in custody in Hasselt Prison awaiting trial.
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