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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Farmer

Archie Battersbee’s father leaves hospital after being taken ill outside court

PA Wire

The father of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment fight has left hospital after being taken ill shortly before Court of Appeal judges ruled that the youngster could be disconnected from a ventilator, a family spokesman has said.

Appeal judges were told on Monday that Archie Battersbee’s father, Paul Battersbee, who is in his 50s, was feared to have suffered a heart attack or stroke outside a courtroom at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

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