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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Charlotte Phillips & Sam Elliott-Gibbs & Alice Clifford

Mum's shock after being charged 20p by primary school when son, 10, broke pencil

A mum has been charged 20p to replace a pencil a school say her 10-year-old ADHD and autism -suffering son broke.

Louise Owen was shocked when her boy, Lennie-Lee Maguire, handed her the letter from Lawn Primary School in Northfleet, Kent.

She read the note saying the family would have to pay to replace the damaged equipment.

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