Archie Battersbee's family have called for an inquiry following his death, saying "no parent must go through this again". The 12-year-old's life support was switched off on Saturday morning at the Royal London Hospital months after he suffered a major brain injury.
Archie's parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, had fought a long-running legal battle over the withdrawal of treatment and in recent days made bids to the High Court, Court of Appeal and European Court of Human Rights to have him transferred to a hospice to die.
A last-ditch plea to the European Court of Human Rights to intervene in the case was rejected late on Friday (August 5), following a High Court ruling.
