Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Michael Howie and Brian Farmer

Archie Battersbee: Mother of brain-damaged boy ‘broken’ but ‘isn’t giving up’ after judge tells doctors to test whether he is dead

Specialists will next week carry out a test to try to establish whether a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute is dead (Hollie Dance/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

The mother of a brain-damaged boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute has said she is “broken” but is “not giving up” after the High Court ruled doctors must carry out a test to try to establish whether he is dead.

A judge concluded late on Friday that a brain-stem test would be in Archie Battersbee’s best interests after a doctor told her that the brain stem was responsible for the functions which kept people alive.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.