Delia Balmer 'still angry' about John Sweeney's frenzied attack as she speaks out in candid documentary

Anna Maxwell Martin narrates the documentary featuring the existent Delia Balmer, arsenic she opens up astir suffering astatine the hands of John Sweeney.

Until I Kill You has travel to an extremity connected ITV and the eye-opening companion documentary titled Until I Kill You: The Real Story is acceptable to aerial tonight, November 7.

The hour-long movie explores the stories of Sweeney's known victims, including American exemplary Melissa Halstead and mother-of-three Paula Fields.

Viewers volition perceive however Sweeney truly did dismember their bodies and dispose of their remains successful canals.

The existent Delia Balmer, present successful her 70s, survived the serial killer’s effort to execution her successful 1994, but the onslaught has had lasting carnal and intelligence impacts.

She says: "My interest has ever been to get the information retired by immoderate means. I stay an aggravated person. Sweeney was fto retired connected bail. The constabulary gave maine insufficient extortion earlier his last assault. Later, I was forced to spell to tribunal to beryllium further traumatised by the system."

Describing what her beingness looks similar now, Delia added: "I americium a perfectionist but my beingness is other of perfect. I often endure from slump and anxiety, acrophobic of beingness and acrophobic of the future, a compulsive worrier.

"When I look successful the reflector I spot a stranger. Certain carnal pain, I volition person for life. I americium stuck. I cannot determination on, and cannot spell further. Fear holds maine backmost from doing definite things."

The erstwhile bureau caregiver had met Sweeney astatine a pub and, aft rapidly moved himself into Delia's London home, it was not agelong earlier his existent individuality started to go apparent.

He tortured Delia and held her hostage successful her ain location connected much than 1 occasion. Delia recalls the nighttime Sweeney attacked her with an axe extracurricular her home, during which she astir mislaid her life.

On the enactment she received successful the aftermath of her experience, she said: "I received 20 sessions from a objective scientist astatine a PTSD clinic.

"I refused to judge what was allowed to hap to me, and which was ne'er acknowledged. My utmost choler remains.

"A counsellor, besides chaplain of the Middlesex Hospital astatine that time, and different antheral from MIND were the astir helpful. Several different counsellors, each female, were of small benefit."

Actress Anna Maxwell-Martin explained however she did not person immoderate conversations with Delia earlier filming.

She said: "I don’t take to bash that, that’s however I work. Our writer, Nick, filmed a batch of footage of his meetings with Delia, which I had entree to.

"I did conscionable her precise concisely during filming, but lone due to the fact that she wanted to sojourn the acceptable and of people I was respectful of that."

Until I Kill You: The Real Story airs connected ITV connected Thursday, November 7 from 9pm