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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 on to 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. | 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. | Eriksson, of Mallow, befriended Mr Hollingshead when he was walking home from a pub on 29 May 2008. |
| Took pity | |
| 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. | 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 2008. | |
| Glenn Hollinshead was found dead in Fenton in May 2008 | |
| It was recorded on camera by a film crew from the BBC TV show Traffic Cops. | It was recorded on camera by a film crew from the BBC TV show Traffic Cops. |
| Magistrates in Fenton had sentenced Eriksson to one day in prison for the assault on the police officer, but she was immediately released because of the time she had already spent in custody. | |
| The court was told how Mr Hollingshead took pity on Eriksson and invited her to stay at his house as she had nowhere else to sleep. | |
| However, in the morning she stabbed him to death and later jumped 40ft (12.2m) from a bridge on to the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent. |