In 2008, BBC cameras filmed two Swedish sisters throwing themselves into traffic on the M6. When it was shown on BBC One, nearly 7 million viewers were glued to their screens, and millions more watched it later on YouTube.
The footage was shocking. One previewer wrote “On no account miss this documentary. It opens with what is perhaps the most extraordinary footage I’ve seen on TV”.
But this amazing footage was only part of an even more incredible story, one which could not be told at the time for legal reasons.
Now, two years later, this documentary reveals the full story of the hours just before the cameras captured that motorway footage, and the even more chilling story of what happened over next 72 hours, which left one of the sisters fleeing the scene of a crime, after she had stabbed a man through the chest.
Those who were at the centre of this fascinating legal case, including the police and Crown prosecution service, reveal the complex issues involved in both bringing charges and taking this disturbing case to trial.
A leading criminal psychiatrist, Dr. Nigel Eastman, explains the difficulties the judicial system has in achieving justice and deciding punishment when dealing with mental illness.
January 17, 2012 at 2:01 am | guest
Good God! this is unbelieveable!..I understand this was extraordinary events for all involved to cope with. but please! I know police see lots of things & idiots & they can get used to treating everything as just another incident, but really…listen to your inner voice .. this was madness from the outset! They all miss this vital piont. Don’t concentrate on why they are behaving ths way.. its a waste of time, these people with their EXTREME behavIOUR should have been dealt with as extremely dangerous to themselves & others straight away. They should have been restrained firmly & strongly from the start.
Secondly all you normal nice balanced people out there..understand not everyone is. it’s admirable to help someone, but neve take a stranger in, theyre are other ways to help, I’m a 48 yr old woman & i would never got into a house with 2 strange men if i was in trouble, there are other things I could do. I have people mental illness in my family & I know what they are capable off,…I really feel for everyone involved in this case, especaily the man who died & his family. This country does not know how to deal with dangerous mental health issues. Criminal & dangerous mental behaviour should be treated with the safety of the public in mind, first & formost…these people should be in a secure enviroment!
January 17, 2012 at 9:49 am | Jen I. Cillin
Finally! A name for what I’ve been beating myself up over for years! Folie à deux… (http://www.practiceofmadness.com)
January 31, 2012 at 5:28 pm | Info
For over 20 years an organization in ohio has been researching and using an imaging and tracking radar system that can send and detect sound and other frequencies. the operators of this system can talk to someone without other people hearing and they can hear any response. it can tell each person apart and remembers them. it was being used before haarp or gwen were finished. This technology has been kept secret from the public, only a small group of people, including police and doctors knew about it. it has grown. as of 2012 nearly all police, firefighters and medical professionals in columbus, ohio are aware of it. a network of professionals, business owners and most cops in the rest of the state along with atleast part indiana are also aware. some doctors and nurses are in fear for their own safety and that of their families while the police and mental health professionals seem to have been advanced to their position because of their willingness to work with this organization. read dttv.info. china was one of three visits to this site on the first day. the other two were from arizona. the first day of posting someone in china typed dttv.info into their computer. who told china? the second day there were 11 visits from china, 7 from japan, 2 from luxembourg. in the first 7 days there were visits from from 10 countries. all typed in. after 39 days, 35 countries. most of them non english speaking countries. all concerned about whats happening in columbus, ohio.
china - israel – luxembourg- republic of korea – germany – russian federation – austria – romania – ukraine – georgia - japan – united arab emirates – slovenia – slovakia – ethiopia – el salvador – portugal – sweden – phillipines – new zealand – latvia – switzerland – france – netherlands – austrailia – india – hong kong – united states – equador – canada – united kingdom – panama – jamaica – malaysia – norway
by 1/15 one visit italy, poland, republic of moldova.
1/17 one visit – dominica
1/18 one visit – namibia, finland, belgium
1/19 one visit – spain, cambodia
1/20 one visit – turkey, south africa
1/22 one visit- argentina
1/26 one visit – czech republic
1/29 one visit – ireland, brazil
1/21 one visit – tel aviv israel dynamic.barak-online.net 85.64.45.64
1/23 one visit – ft huachuca, arizona generichost.kuwait.swa.army.mil 143.81.18.138
February 17, 2012 at 2:53 am | 2001
she knew what she was doing.. plus she has all her screw loose…she has a good chance of doing it again
February 21, 2012 at 7:35 pm | MC
I noticed reptile eyes in Part I at 11:46. Creepy!!!!!
February 22, 2012 at 1:33 am | sammy. H.
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