Amanda's tears

Sherlock star opens up about TV stunt that paralysed fiance

- SUSAN KNOX and MARK JEFFERIES

SHERLOCK star Amanda Abbington has broken down in tears on TV while discussing her fiance’s horror fireball stunt that left him paralysed.

Amanda, 48, who is best known for playing Dr Watson’s wife Mary in the BBC series, told how she is closer than ever with Jonathan Goodwin, 42, since the accident.

She recalled the harrowing experience after the escapologist nearly died twice following the ordeal.

Jonathan, who rose to fame on the 2019 series of Britain’s Got Talent, had been performing a stunt for the US version in October 2021 when disaster struck.