A judge has ruled that young Archie Battersbee's life support can be turned off, after his family lost a last-ditch attempt to keep him alive. The family of the schoolboy - who suffered a catastrophic brain injury - learned the fate of their son during an emergency Court of Appeal meeting this afternoon.
Judges rejected his parents' plea, but granted a short stay or delay until midday tomorrow. After that, his ventilator can be legally switched off.
The Mirror reports that Archie, 12, has been in a coma since April - following a tragic brain injury. Doctors treating the youngster at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, say that he is brain-stem dead and that continued life-support treatment is not in his best interests.
