Shots TV: Remembering beloved Sheffield woman Marcia Grant a year on from her tragic death

In this brand new mini-documentary, we remember the much-missed 60-year-old, as we take a look back over the shocking case.
By Sarah Marshall
Published 30th Mar 2024, 05:00 BST
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A year ago this week a beloved Sheffield wife, mother and grandmother was killed, when a child she was fostering ran her over with her own car.

60-year-old Marcia Grant was hit by a car outside her Greenhill home, during an incident on the evening of Wednesday, April 5, 2023, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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60-year-old Marcia Grant was hit by a car outside her Greenhill home, during an incident that took place in April last year, and was pronounced dead at the scene. 60-year-old Marcia Grant was hit by a car outside her Greenhill home, during an incident that took place in April last year, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
60-year-old Marcia Grant was hit by a car outside her Greenhill home, during an incident that took place in April last year, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A boy, who was aged 12 at the time of the incident but has since turned 13, was initially charged with Marcia's murder. 

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Prosecutors subsequently accepted a guilty plea to an alternative charge of causing death by dangerous driving, during a Sheffield Crown Court hearing held on October 3, 2023.

The boy was a looked-after child, in the care of Marcia, and her family, at the time of the fatal incident. 

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During a Sheffield Crown Court hearing held on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, Mrs Justice May sentenced the boy to two years in youth custody. He cannot be named for legal reasons.

In a brand new mini-documentary, we remember Marcia Grant, as we take a look back over the shocking case.

It is set to air on on Easter Monday (April 1) at 7pm on freeview channel 276.

You can also view it here: https://www.shotstv.com/watch/vod/52399182/true-crime-stories-the-killing-of-marcia-grant

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