Man arrested for skydiver murder
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of skydiver Stephen Hilder, Humberside Police revealed today.
The 24-year-old man from Leeds was reportedly arrested this morning on suspicion of murder and a separate offence of criminal damage.
The man was arrested in Leeds at 08:00 GMT and is being questioned by detectives at Scunthorpe police station.
The arrest is the third made by Humberside Police during the investigation. Two of Mr Hilder’s friends, Adrian Blair and David Mason, both 19, were questioned and released on bail on October 24th.
Mr Hilder, 20, died after his main and reserve parachutes failed to open and he plummeted 13,000 feet to his death at Hibaldstow airfield in North Lincolnshire.
An inquest revealed that Mr Hilder’s parachutes had been deliberately sabotaged.
The army cadet had been taking part in a skydiving competition when he died on July 4th this year.
