He attacked her before evading capture
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Delia Balmer, a nurse at the agency, met with Sweeney, who confessed to killing his ex-girlfriend.
Based on a true crime story
Balmer rebuilt his life to confront Sweeney seven years later after he was arrested for another murder.
Bodies were thrown into canals in Rotterdam (not Amsterdam) and London
One of those shows where you vacillate between "That really couldn’t happen!" and "How the hell can people be so incompetent?" Still, it’s a true story, and from what we know of other cases, police failures and the demands of the criminal justice system have harmed too many victims, which was Delia’s case.
Anne Maxwell Martin plays Delia with a remarkable intensity that makes her rarely easy to like: she’s awkward, colorful and unpredictable
Shaun Evans is truly terrifying, going from a quiet and shy man in a pub in Deliameets to a raging and violent narcissist with a dark, dark past.