A deranged woman killed a father of two the day after she walked free from court for dicing with death by running across a motorway in a bizarre incident shown on television.

Sabina Eriksson, 41, knifed Glenn Hollinshead four times at his home where he had invited her to stay after she asked him for directions to a bed and breakfast, a court heard.

A psychiatrist later found Eriksson, a Swedish national, was suffering from a delusional disorder which could provoke her to use extreme violence.

Mr Hollinshead's devastated family is demanding to know why the extent of of her mental illness was not detected when she was held over her antics on the M6, which were screened on the BBC's Traffic Cops show.

Today his brother, Garry Hollinshead, 51, a company director, said: 'I do question the criminal justice system for allowing somebody like this to be let out when she is capable of committing such a crime.

'Her mental condition should have been properly assessed after what she did on the motorway and the experiences the police had. Her mental disorder should have been picked up prior to her being let out in to the community.'

Eriksson had run across six lanes of speeding traffic on the M6 near Stoke on Trent after getting off a coach when it stopped at Keele services to change drivers.

She and her identical twin sister Ursula were spotted walking down the central reservation.



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