Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukubvunzurudzwa, Sarjeant akati akanga afuridzirwa nokupondwa kwaJohn Lennon muna December 1980, uye kuedza kwoupenyu hwa
Mutungamiriri weUnited States Ronald Reagan muna March 1981 naPapa John Paul II muna May 1981. Zvikurukuru akacherekedza kusununguka uko Mark David Chapman akanga ava nomukurumbira pashure pokuuraya John Lennon. Shamwari yakataura kuti panguva yokuedza kwaJohn Hinckley Jr. kuuraya Reagan, Sarjeant akanga ati "Ndinoda kuva wokutanga kupfura Mambokadzi". Mapurisa akawana kuti Sarjeant akanga anyora kuti "Ndichavhundutsa nokuvhiringidza nyika. Ndichava wechiduku akakurumbira zvikurusa munyika". Kuongorora kwakaitwa navanachiremba vepfungwa kwakaratidza kuti Sarjeant akanga asina zvinetso zvokurapa zvinorondedzerwa sezvingagona kurapwa maererano neMental Health Act 1959.