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| M6 dash woman jailed over killing | M6 dash woman jailed over killing |
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| A woman has been jailed for killing a man she met on the day she appeared in court for punching a police officer who tried to stop her running onto the M6. | |
| Sabina Eriksson, 41, admitted the manslaughter of Glenn Hollinshead in Stoke-on-Trent on 20 May 2008 on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | Sabina Eriksson, 41, admitted the manslaughter of Glenn Hollinshead in Stoke-on-Trent on 20 May 2008 on the grounds of diminished responsibility. |
| She was sentenced to five years at Luton Crown Court on Thursday. | She was sentenced to five years at Luton Crown Court on Thursday. |
| Swedish national Eriksson, of County Cork, in the Irish Republic, admitted the offence at an earlier hearing. | Swedish national Eriksson, of County Cork, in the Irish Republic, admitted the offence at an earlier hearing. |
| The court heard that Eriksson had a rare psychiatric disorder which made her hear voices, but she could not interpret what they said. | |
| Eriksson, of Mallow, befriended Mr Hollingshead when he was walking home from a pub on 29 May 2008. | |
| Earlier that day, she had appeared before Fenton Magistrates' Court charged with punching a policewoman who had tried to stop her from running across the M6. | |
| That incident had happened near Keele services, in Staffordshire, on 17 May. | |
| It was recorded on camera by a film crew from the BBC TV show Traffic Cops. |