Horrific Telford attempted murder featured in BBC documentary series
His victim spent 11 days in a coma and seven weeks in hospital
The case of a harrowing domestic assault in Telford that left a woman fighting for her life has appeared in a BBC crime documentary series.
BBC’s Murder 24/7 has followed West Mercia Police as they investigate the most serious crimes across the region.
The third series is currently underway, and has already revisited the brutal killing of a DPD driver in Shrewsbury.
But this week, the show has featured the attempted murder of a women in Telford at the hands of her then-partner, Lee Sargent.
Sargent was jailed for 18 years in 2024, after he carried out a ferocious attack on his victim with a meat cleaver at his home in Stirchley in August the previous year.
In the episode - available on iPlayer ahead of its Wednesday night broadcast - viewers see officers’ body‑worn footage as they arrive at the property and find the victim covered in blood following the brutal assault.
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The documentary then follows detectives in their investigation and the heart-breaking account of enduring increasingly coercive control the victim endured in the years leading up to the horrific attack.
The case, which features in the episode ‘Natural Born Killer, Part 2’ is due for broadcast on BBC1 August 5 at 9pm.