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Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

'It's a lifeline': Custom van used to transport terminally ill boy stolen

Heartless thieves stole a terminally ill child’s modified van in Hackney, just days before he was due to go on holiday.

The Cariazo family used the grey Ford Transit Custom for their son Elijah who has the rare myotubular myopathy, which makes it difficult for him to breath and swallow.

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