Update: Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter

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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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A WOMAN who has killed a man had been arrested on the M6 three days earlier.

Swedish national Sabina Eriksson had ended up in Stoke-on-Trent after appearing before North Staffordshire Magistrates.

  1. Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter

She admitted punching a police officer and trespassing on the M6 and was released by the court because she had spent three days in custody.

The 41-year-old then met Glenn Holinshead later that night and stabbed him to death 24 hours later.

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Now his brothers are demanding answers about why Eriksson was not kept in custody by magistrates after running across the M6 two days earlier.

Today, Eriksson, from County Cork, Ireland, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Hollinshead on the grounds of diminished responsibility at Nottingham Crown Court.

Mr Hollinshead, aged 54, of Duke Street, Fenton died on May 20, 2008 from a stab wound to the chest.

The case has been adjourned for sentencing.

Read the full story in tomorrow's Sentinel and to see Eriksson run in front of cars on the M6 go to www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/sabina tomorrow.

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    by davefmccann31

    Thursday, November 08 2012, 11:39PM

    “To be released on the 12-12-12 - A Madness Shared by Two, is not only the true untold story about the lives of Sabina and Ursula Eriksson, alongside the murder of Glenn Hollinshead, based on a critique re-examination of the BBC's Madness in the Fast Lane documentary.

    It is also the result of a thorough investigation into what might have really happened on those fateful days that led up to this tragic slaying of an innocent man. We challenge the "Official Storyline" and expose what really occurred just hours before M6 dash, for it is here for the first time we expose the Eriksson sisters were "arrested" under the Mental Health Act, though this vital caught on film evidence was edited out of the original BBC films. This will come as a great surprise to many people who questioned; '...how was it possible Sabina could have been released from hospital after only five hours' following their 'suicide attempt' on the M6? We also reveal that the coroner's report shows that the injuries inflicted on Glenn, indicate more than one person probably killed him and that Sabina could be totally innocent. Yet this obvious evidence seems to have been brushed under the carpet, or at the very least, it was never challenged. We explain how these twins were very likely embroiled in a major drugs smuggling ring and that they had been under "Obbo" [police observation] prior to the M6 incident, and was probably so for quite some period of time. As a result of our findings, legal action is now being sought and brought against the police and other related authoritative bodies by the Hollinshead family. http://tinyurl.com/b7hyxy8

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    by JANNINE, NEWCASTLE

    Thursday, September 03 2009, 12:10AM

    “HE WAS MY FARTHER IN LAW, AND A GOOD ONE, HE GLEN WAS A LOVING AND CARING MAN. GLEN NEVER HARMED ANYONE, ALL HE LOVED DOING WAS HAVING A QUIET DRINK ANDWALKING HIS DOG (TROY) I CANT DESCRIBE THE WORDS HOW I FEEL FOR THAT THING, FENTON COURTS SHOULD NOT OF LET SOMEONE LIKE THAT OUT, I HATE HER, SHE AS TAKING A GREAT FARTHER TO MY HUSBAND AWAY AND A GREAT FARTHER IN LAW TO MYSELF..SHE NEEDS LOCKING UP AND THROWING AWAY THE KEY, GLEN YOU ARE MISSING YOU MORE EVERYDAYM R.I.P. LOVE YA XX”

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    by Labyrinth, stoke

    Wednesday, September 02 2009, 11:25PM

    “After seeing how she was dealt with the first time round by our courts then its pretty obvious why she is to appear at another area...... I wouldn't trust our courts with charging my mobile phone.”

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    by mick, bentlee

    Wednesday, September 02 2009, 11:08PM

    “sorry british law let you down and not the police!”

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    by mick, berry hill

    Wednesday, September 02 2009, 11:05PM

    “well i feel sad for the family let down not by the police but yet again out british law”

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    by Phill, Newcastle

    Wednesday, September 02 2009, 9:36PM

    “If you see the footage of the M6 incident it is one of the most astounding pieces of television you will see. How they were allowed out a few days after this to walk the streets is equally astounding.”

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    by sandra, fenton

    Wednesday, September 02 2009, 8:41PM

    “glyn hollinshead was a respected man who used to always say hello as he walked his dog daily they were inseperable he also cared for his mother that piece of scum should never be able to walk the streets again bring back hanging and i would even pay to see that rip glyn u will soon be in peace x”

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    by Warren, Meir

    Wednesday, September 02 2009, 5:37PM

    “Just send her back Ierland or Sweden or some other place, after locking her up untill shes about 150 years old. How come its going on in Nottingham, do all crazzy women who kill in Stoke get tryed there, its the second this year. First one got let of stabbing her own father.”

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    by Alistair, Tiptree

    Wednesday, September 02 2009, 4:00PM

    “This was the bizarre ending to a story that first started on the M6 and was show on BBC 1 I can't understand how the BBC were allowed to show this when Ms Eriksson was on remand for murder, had she not avoided trial by admitting manslaughter the TV footage could have severely weakened her chances of a fair trial. We will probably never know what the two women were doing on the motorway in the first place or why Ms Eriksson jumped off a bridge onto a road breaking both ankles after the death of Mr Hollinshead.”

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