The European Court of Human Rights has said it will not intervene in the case of Archie Battersbee after a request from his family. The 12-year-old's mum and dad had approached the court in a bid to have him transferred from hospital to a hospice to die.
The latest move, on Friday (August 5) night, came after a day of legal disappointments for the family. Parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee have fought a long-running legal battle over the withdrawal of treatment, which ultimately failed on Wednesday when the European Court of Human Rights refused to intervene, reports PA.
Their focus then shifted to trying to get their son moved to a hospice but, in a ruling at the High Court this morning, Mrs Justice Theis concluded it was not in Archie’s best interests to be moved. The boy has been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother in April and is being kept alive by a combination of medical interventions, including ventilation and drug treatments, at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London.
