born swedish twin sisters came national attention united_kingdom apparent episode shared rare psychiatric disorder beliefs transmitted individual resulted series bizarre incidents motorway subsequent killing evidence drugs alcohol involved incidents death twins ireland travelling england boarding coach london liverpool odd behaviour exiting coach service station including allowing bags searched caused driver allow coach later seen central reservation highways agency traffic officers arrived assist women ran busy motorway managed dodge traffic struck shortly police arrived women ran motorway struck oncoming vehicles polo hitting crushing legs suffered head injury left unconscious minutes regained consciousness refused medical aid attacked police officer point arrested appearing calm bit odd processed police trent released custody shortly afterward taken later stabbed death attack pursued running scene arrested hospital jumping bridge busy trunk road later pleading guilty diminished responsibility sentenced years imprisonment released parole background identical twin sisters grew western sweden older brother incidents england sisters left home coach journey liverpool saturday twins went report concerns children midday pair boarded coach london police report stated twins suddenly disembarked coach services motorway service station feeling driver coach said left services suspicious behaviour noticed twins tightly bags let board refused let search bags illegal items manager service station informed feeling suspicious pair called police officers arrived talk left deeming women harmless running motorway pair began walk central reservation motorway attempting cross motorway causing chaos traffic picking minor injuries attempt elder brother claimed swedish newspaper sisters fleeing chasing seen closed circuit television cameras police arrived investigate scene treat women police came small television crew happened filming officers later told officer police station sweden accident rarely comes usually follows maybe standing north direction hard shoulder motorway north mile lane police spoke twins warning ran oncoming articulated travelling mph followed road hit polo travelling high speed survived crushed legs spent minutes unconscious pair treated women resisted medical aid fighting screaming police officers shouted going steal organs told policemen recognise know real got feet attempted persuade stay ground receive medical attention instead struck officer crossed central reservation running traffic motorway emergency workers members public caught restrained carried waiting ambulance point taken hospital stayed weeks appeared calm relaxed police custody killing released court psychiatric evaluation having pleaded guilty motorway hitting police officer court sentenced day custody deemed served having spent night police custody leaving court began streets trent seemingly attempting reach sister hospital carrying possessions clear plastic bag given police local men spotted whilst walking dog street men year old self employed qualified raf worker man friend appeared friendly dog people struck conversation friendly appeared oddly odd behaviour worried asked men directions nearby bed hotels took pity instead offered house duke street accepted offer walked house told men trying locate hospitalised sister house odd behaviour continued notably offered men cigarettes quickly mouths men smoked claiming cigarettes poisoned carrying multiple mobile phones appeared paranoid constantly looked windows behaviour caused assume run away abusive partner shortly midnight left stayed night home day called local hospitals order locate sister came outside house ask neighbour tea bags frank said tea bags finished washing vehicle went home minute returning inside outside neighbour told stabbed collapsing ground stabbed times kitchen knife died injuries fled premises neighbour flight capture ran house hammer periodically hitting head passing saw extraordinary behaviour decided tackle attempt control hammer wrestling took roof tile pocket struck head stunning temporarily time found gave chase pursuit ended jumped metre high bridge having broken bones fall taken hospital june arrested recovering later discharged hospital september point charged murder brother man killed critical justice system viewed enabling kill brother don hold responsible wouldn blame dog biting ill large degree responsible actions mental disorder recognized earlier question criminal justice system allowing somebody like let capable committing crime mental condition properly assessed motorway experiences police mental disorder picked prior let community saw distress trying help wasn slow coming forward help somebody distress nature trying help help anybody saw fight street guy losing help trial charged murder september day discharged hospital wheelchair trial scheduled february court encountered difficulties obtaining medical records sweden trial scheduled start september pleaded guilty diminished responsibility september point interrogation trial explain actions comment extensive police questioning prosecution defence claimed insane time killing time trial defence counsel trial claimed secondary influenced presence perceived presence twin sister primary court heard suffered rare psychiatric disorder hear voices interpret said alternative theory suffered acute disorder plea grounds diminished responsibility accepted september sentenced years prison having spent days custody sentencing left eligible release prison turned christianity justice concluded low level actions understand sentence entirely inadequate relatives deceased sentenced basis reason killing mental illness defendant low sentence passed designed protect public designed reflect grief relatives suffered measure value life sentence pass sentence hope fairly measures truly tragic event justice said suffering believed true dictated behaviour cases defendant avoid onset aftermath questions left unanswered detective superintendent stated reasons events truly known understood taking life violent act called investigation way criminal justice system handled matter including south robert media madness bbc documentary broadcast bbc august brought story killing public consciousness footage motorway women jumping passing traffic previously broadcast time rest story told madness shared isbn
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