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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zoe Tidman

Archie Battersbee’s family lodge last-minute appeal with Supreme Court to stop withdrawal of life support

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Archie Battersbee’s family has made a last-ditch appeal to the Supreme Court in a bid to keep the brain-damaged boy on life support for longer.

Doctors had been given permission to stop treating the 12-year-old, who has been unconscious for nearly four months, from Tuesday midday.

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