In 2008 two Swedish twins, Sabina and Ursula Erikkson, were filmed on the M6. Having been spotted on CCTV walking beside the M6, Police officers taking part in a BBC police documentary were dispatched to intercept the twins.
During conversations with Police and road transport officers on the side of the M6, both twins suddenly ran out into the M6 traffic and were struck by vehicles. Despite this, both twins quickly regained consciousness and, whilst Ursula suffered serious injury, Sabina eventually got up from the road, struck a female Police Officer and attempted to escape across the opposite carriageway of the M6. It eventually took 6 people to restrain Sabina and both had to be sedated before being able to travel to hospital.
Despite displaying bizarre behaviour, Sabina was released 5 hours later into Police custody (Ursula remained in intensive care). She appeared at magistrates court 2 days later and was found guilty of trespassing on a motorway, given 1 day custodial sentence, which she had already served, and was released.
Tragically, days later Sabina allegedly stabbed Glenn Hollinshead to death. Following the stabbing, she was pursued and eventually jumped 25-30 feet off a road bridge onto a busy A road, breaking her ankles and fracturing her skull.
Sabina was eventually found guilty of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility. Prosecution and defence psychologists both found Sabina to be suffering from differing, rare psychological conditions which cause "temporary" insanity. She was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment but was released on parole after 3 years. Ursula was never charged with any wrongdoing.
Following a 2010 BBC documentary, researchers David McCann and Sharon McKellars found evidence that certain aspects of the Erikkson case had been omitted and misrepresented during the BBC documentary. Their research was eventually turned into a book ("A Madness Shared by Two") which posits a scenario whereby the Erikkson twins were already known to the Police. It suggests that they may have been under police observation (or "obbo") as part of an operation to entrap drug smuggling gangs. The book claims that Sabina was therefore given a "green light" and released from custody, enabling her to remain under Police observation and, presumably, eventually lead them to drug dealers they were hoping to convict.
If this is true, then this action lead directly to the death of Glenn Hollinshead. However, the authors also believe that there is sufficient reason to doubt Sabina killed Glenn Hollinshead.
Below is the BBC documentary "Madness in the Fast Lane", followed by an interview in 3 parts with the author of "A Madness Shared by Two", David McCann, by Richard D Hall.
What do you make of this?
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