A skydiving wife whose husband tried to kill her twice has not divorced him because she doesn't believe he wanted her dead.

Victoria Cilliers, who cheated death when her Army sergeant husband sabotaged her parachute has said she will “always care” for for him, even though he attempted to murder her twice in one week.

The mother of two signalled that she has not started divorce procedures and is not convinced that her husband, Emile Cilliers, is guilty.

"My family, friends, everyone seems to think they know more than I do," she told the Mail on Sunday and the Sunday Mirror.

"They see different evidence to me. “Yes, our relationship might have been breaking down. But our daughter was his world – and to kill me would really damage her,” she said.

"He'd been unfaithful, he'd had issues with money, but that is not attempted murder.