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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andy Gregory,Thomas Kingsley and Jane Dalton

Archie Battersbee’s life support to be withdrawn on Saturday after legal fight comes to end

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Archie Battersbee’s life-sustaining treatment is to be withdrawn in hospital on Saturday, his family have been told, as their legal battle to have their young son moved to a hospice came to an end.

The 12-year-old has been in a coma since April following what his mother believes was his participation in an internet challenge, and is being kept alive by a combination of medical interventions at a London hospital.

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