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Dan Warburton & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Archie Battersbee: Mum's words to son, 12, as medics permitted to remove life support

The heartbroken mum of Archie Battersbee has revealed what she said at her son's hospital bedside after the High Court ruled that doctors could turn off his life-support machine.

Hollie Dance recounted the devastating moment with her 12-year-old son, during which she whispered to him: “Archie, we’ve lost this fight, but we won’t give up, we’ll keep fighting.”

Reviewing the evidence of Archie's case, a High Court judge ruled that he would never recover after an online “blackout challenge” left him in a 10-week coma, the Mirror reports.

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