Madness In The Fast Lane

[Doctor Diesel]

Anybody seen this? Unbelievable story. You'd expect two blonde Swedish twin sisters to stop traffic for entirely different reasons!

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. He explains the possible causes of the womens’ behaviour, and why, in his view, it could happen again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...the_Fast_Lane/

[Cmoon]

Originally Posted by Doctor Diesel

Anybody seen this? Unbelievable story. You'd expect two blonde Swedish twin sisters to stop traffic for entirely different reasons!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...the_Fast_Lane/

i remember seeing the original thing on the net when they were purposely trying to get run down, fucking crazy!

[Finners]

Watched this last night on Iplayer, i watched it a few years ago on traffic cops and thought it was strange then but that documentary shows how twisted it really gets!

Some seriously messed up shit!

[steveshelley]

its when she stabbed the fella and killed him, that's when i said to my lass is this a wind up?? even Holywood couldnt do a storyline like that one.

[rytonred]

She's out of prison soon then, good call! Bet we'll see her on the news soon.

[stephen cartwright]

watched it the other night. surreal stuff. the sister is in america, no doubt the other will follow and i await the show on the crime channel for the forthcoming murders

[RichD]

spooky shit, her sister pissed off to the states after getting out of hospital but she was the one who ran on the road first

[Dan The Man]

Originally Posted by rytonred

She's out of prison soon then, good call! Bet we'll see her on the news soon.

she really cant be allowed. Surely she has some sort of split personalty.

[Harry Monk]

Were they not on drugs or something?

[Doctor Diesel]

Originally Posted by Harry Monk

Were they not on drugs or something?

No drink or drugs found in either of their bloodstreams after the incidents. If you watch the documentary the psychiatrist describes the condition as something that translates into 'a puff of madness' which is basically when someone goes mad for a week or two then goes completely back to normal!

Very worrying that the bird who stabbed and killed that random fella will be back on the streets again next year after only 5 years in jail and with no supervision planned.