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Sarah Harvey

Archie Battersbee: Ruling expected on whether 12-year-old can be moved to hospice to die

The mother of Archie Battersbee, Hollie Dance, right, speaks to the media outside the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London

(Picture: PA Wire)

A ruling on whether 12-year-old Archie Battersbee can be moved from hospital to a hospice to die is expected at the High Court on Friday morning.

Lawyers for the boy’s family took part in an hours-long hearing on Thursday, with the court in London sitting until late in the evening.

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