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Missing boy died after 'slipping into pipe'

Seven-year-old Conley Thompson from Barnsley died after becoming trapped in a pipe at a construction site, his grandmother has said.

A search began for Conley on Sunday when he failed to come home after playing with friends. His body was found at the construction site on Monday morning.

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Grandma: Conley died after slipping into plastic pipe

Seven-year-old Conley Thompson died after he slipped into a plastic pipe on a construction site, his grandmother has said.

Deborah Fraser said: "He got in through a little hole at the top of the construction site. Because it was raining he slid down and went into a vertical pipe."

Paying tribute to her grandson she said he had "a smile that would light up a room."

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