19/46
He attacked her before evading capture
Line of Events
Delia Ballmer, a nurse at the agency, met with Sweeney, who confessed to killing his ex-girlfriend. Ballmer rebuilt his life to confront Sweeney seven years later after he was arrested for another murder..
Based on a true crime story
Bodies were dumped in canals in Rotterdam (not Amsterdam) and London. I’m not usually a big fan of those four-part TV dramas that seem to be all the rage at the moment because they often veer into the absurd, but I made up my mind.
give it a try as it was based on true events and certainly did not disappoint
Anna Maxwell Martin’s performance as the main character was exceptional and although she was a “victim”; she seemed extremely hard to please and didn’t do much to help herself. Overall it was a bit clunky, had to cover a long time period and some of the other supporting characters were a bit wooden, but that didn’t spoil my enjoyment.
I thought it was great television, and despite my negative opinion of Ballmer, Sweeney is a definite monster here
It will be interesting to see a documentary with the real Delia Ballmer to see if she turns out to be as prickly and harsh as the dramatization portrays her before her ordeal.