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Evening Standard
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Dave Higgens

Boy who killed foster carer was placed with family despite concern, inquest told

Marcia Grant died in 2023 (South Yorkshire Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A 12-year-old boy who ran over and killed his foster carer had been placed in her care six days before the tragedy despite concerns raised by a social worker, an inquest has heard.

Marcia Grant, 60, had been working as a foster carer for seven years when she suffered catastrophic injuries as she tried to stop the boy taking her car outside her home in the Greenhill area of Sheffield on April 5 2023.

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