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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Thomas Kingsley and Jane Dalton

Archie Battersbee: Family apply to European court in battle to move boy to hospice

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Archie Battersbee’s life-sustaining treatment is to be withdrawn in hospital on Saturday, his family have been told, as their legal battle to have their young son moved to a hospice came to an end.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