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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dave Higgen

Family of UK grandmother who died from rabies tell jury of ‘trauma, loss and devastation’

Yvonne Ford died of rabies - (Facebook)

The husband and children of a grandmother who died from rabies have told an inquest they do not want another family to endure the "trauma, loss and devastation" they have experienced.

Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, died four months after being scratched by a stray dog she startled under her sun lounger on a Moroccan beach during a February 2025 holiday.

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