The 13-year-old boy, who can’t be named for authorized causes, entered a plea of not responsible to the homicide of Marcia Grant throughout a listening to held at Sheffield Crown Court in June 2023.
Mrs Grant, aged 60, died exterior her home on Hemper Lane, Greenhill space of Sheffield on April 5, 2023.
The boy, who was aged 12 on the time of Mrs Grant’s loss of life, appeared in entrance of excessive court docket decide Mrs Justice Lambert to enter the plea, and a trial date was subsequently mounted for October 2, 2023.
He was remanded into youth detention on the conclusion of the listening to.
Police and paramedics had been referred to as to an incident exterior Mrs Grant’s home in Greenhill on April 5, however she was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Her household launched an announcement after her loss of life which stated: “Marcia was a heat, loving and devoted spouse, mom, grandmother, sister and pal and a pillar of her neighborhood.”