A 12-year-old boy accused of killing a 60-year-old grandmother yawned in the dock while he appeared in court today. Marcia Grant, described as a 'pillar of her community', was run over by her own car outside her home in the Greenhill area of Sheffield on Wednesday.
The youngster appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday charged with the murder of Ms Grant and has also been charged with possessing a bladed article. The Record of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, ruled that the case had to be prioritised due to the age of the defendant and fixed a provisional trial date which is set to commence on August 14.
He remanded the boy into secure youth detention accommodation after a 20 minute-long hearing, the Mirror reports. The boy sat in the dock in Court 7 with three staff from his secure accommodation and a court security officer.
