Photos plea in hunt for skydive killer

Detectives are today appealing for members of a skydiving centre to hand over photographs and video footage of a party attended by Stephen Hilder the night before the skydiver fell 13,000 feet to his death.

Mr Hilder, 20, from Hereford, plunged to the ground near Hibaldstow airfield in North Lincolnshire on Friday afternoon.

Humberside Police launched a murder inquiry after they found the cords on his main parachute and reserve had been severed. They hope the pictures of the fancy-dress party may provide a vital clue.

Detective Superintendent Colin Andrews said a motive remained a mystery. He said: "Stephen may just have been in the wrong place at the wrong time."