Foster Child Kills Foster Mother in UK

A 2023 case has come to light.

“A 12-year-old ‘gangster’ who ran over and killed his foster mother 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 before she was twice run over by the knife-wielding child outside her home in Greenhill, Sheffield, on April 5, 2023.

She and her husband Delroy Grant had tried to stop the boy taking her car outside their home before he then reversed ‘aggressively’ over her at speed ‘like a dart’.

A wheel of the Honda Civic ended up on top of Ms Grant who suffered fatal crush injuries to her chest and died at the scene.

The boy later said to cops: ‘Is she dead?’ and ‘looks like I got my first kill?’ before insisting: ‘It was an accident, I swear.’

When he was arrested after trying to run away from police, the balaclava-clad youngster told a policewoman: ‘I’m going to f***ing kill your family, you b****, and I don’t give a f***.’

The boy, referred to as Child X, was sentenced to two years behind bars in November 2023 after admitting causing Mrs Grant’s death by dangerous driving, when a murder charge was dropped.

A week-long inquest today began at Sheffield Coroner’s Court with her family saying: ‘To say mum’s life’s calling was to help those in need is an understatement.'”

“Ms Whittle heard how Mr and Mrs Grant were experienced foster carers who were highly regarded by the council’s fostering team.

They were caring for another child, referred to as Child Y, when a call went out to all Rotherham’s foster carers for an emergency placement for Child X on March 30, 2023.

Mr and Mrs Grant volunteered to take him, despite them being categorised as only able to take in one child at a time, largely because of the complexities Child Y presented to them.

But Ms Whittle heard that the rules meant that they could take another child for up to six days in an emergency situation.

The coroner was told that the six days expired on April 5 [2023]- the day Mrs Grant died – and the boy was collected by social services but returned later that day.”

Foster Child, 12, killed carer just six days after he was placed with her after social worker failed to uncover gang and knife links, inquest hears
[Daily Mail 6/2/25 by Ciaran Foreman]

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