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Until I Kill You real Delia Balmer’s confession horrified viewers

Until I Kill You real Delia Balmer’s confession horrified viewers

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ITV The audience was shocked. After listening to Delia Balmer describe her harrowing experience running from a serial killer.

Over the past week, The four-part series Until I Kill You told his real life story The story of former agency nurse Delia, who discovers in the 1990s that her boyfriend of three years, John Sweeney, has a much darker side.

Based on his 2017 memoir Living with a Serial Killer Motherland’s Anna Maxwell Martin plays Delia And Watch actor Shaun Evans stars as serial killer John.

The couple’s relationship began after meeting at a bar. London Flash forward to 1991, when Delia tried to leave him after he became increasingly abusive, until John attacked her with an axe.

Following the release of the crime drama series, the broadcaster also released a documentary in which Delia talked about her ordeal in front of the camera.

After revealing the details of their relationship, Delia showed the cameras the bed where her partner attacked her after he said he wanted to end their relationship.

ITV viewers praised Delia Balmer for her courage in sharing her story following the broadcast of crime drama Until I Kill You (Image: Shutterstock)

‘The ropes came out and then he tied them to the bed, then he tied my ankles, grabbed my arms and held me down on the floor,’ she recalled.

‘I struggled at first and then I learned it was best not to struggle because he fixed it and if I struggled it would get harder.’

Sweeney then pulled out a knife and gun he had hidden next to the bed and began questioning her about her ex-boyfriends.

‘He threatened to cut my tongue if I scream,’ he said.

Sweeney later admitted killing his ex-girlfriend and two of his men a few years ago and ‘cutting up their bodies and throwing them in a canal’.

Viewers were stunned to hear the disturbing details; Some were also surprised that Delia decided to hide the furniture she was attacked with.

The former nurse was attacked and nearly killed by her ex-partner in 1994 (Image: Shutterstock)

‘Wow…Delia still has all the furniture and the bed (and apparently the mattress) that that monster made. God! Nicola shared on X: “I would burn everything.”

“I’m surprised Delia still has all the furniture John made,” said user Flopsy.

‘I don’t understand why the real Delia Balmer would keep anything to do with John Sweeney – the table he made, the bed he tied her to, his drawings… I’d like to get rid of it altogether!’ DVDFever added.

Many people also praised her bravery in recounting her harrowing experience.

‘God, this is so sad. “Delia, you are a strong and brave woman and I’m so glad you found a happy future after this hell,” Charlotte wrote.

‘I’m watching you until I kill you: The True Story. It’s amazing what one person can handle. Jacky said I was sickened to see Delia reliving her hell.

She is portrayed by Anna Maxwell Martin in the series (Image: Shutterstock)

“Delia Balmer is such a brave and resilient woman,” Laura added.

After spending a week being held hostage and repeatedly attacked, Delia was released by Sweeney.

However, his life was put at risk again when he attacked a second time after he was released on bail.

Rescued by a neighbor who hit Sweeney in the head with a baseball bat, Delia spent months in the hospital recovering from the horrific injuries she received during her escape.

As one officer recalled in the documentary, they discovered ‘a bag full of items he would need to dispose of Delia’s body’; these included knives, rubber gloves, rope, tarpaulins and duct tape.

Sweeney, who initially held Delia hostage, confessed to killing his former partner Melissa Halstead, whose dismembered body was found in a canal. Holland In 1990.

Shaun Evans played serial killer John Sweeney, who is currently in prison (Image: Shutterstock)

He was arrested in 2001, six years after escaping in 1994, and sentenced to nine years in prison for the attempted murder of Delia.

He also killed Paula Fields a year ago, and was eventually convicted of the murders of Paula Fields and Halstead in 2011.

Authorities believe he may have killed three more women between 1970 and 1990, according to the BBC.

The 67-year-old former carpenter is still in prison.

Until It Kills You and Till It Kills You: The True Story airs on ITVX.

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