ITV's Until I Kill You reveals Delia Balmer's real story and chilling relationship with killer John Sweeney

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A chilling new TV drama named Until I Kill You - based on harrowing real-life events - will hit screens tonight.The ITV series, which is set in 1991, follows London-based Delia Balmer, who is an agency nurse.

Delia, who is played by Anna Maxwell Martin, initially believes she's found a true romantic connection with 'fellow free spirit' John Sweeney (Shaun Evans).After meeting in a pub, the nurse believed she'd found common ground with the carpenter and casual labourer Sweeney, who shared her passion for travelling.

On the surface, Liverpool-born Sweeney proved to be an adoring boyfriend, regularly treating the then 40-year-old Delia to bunches of flowers.But her new lover was, in fact, a dangerous killer who would one day use his rage against her.

In her 2017 book Living With a Serial Killer, which has helped inform the series, Delia, who now views his displays of affection as manipulative, recalled: "Subtle changes happened slowly.