The family of Archie Battersbee have been told that his life support will be switched off at 10am on Saturday, campaign group Christian Concern have said.
It comes after Archie’s parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, lost a High Court appeal to move their son to a hospice, with doctors explaining that moving the 12-year-old would pose a “considerable risk”. The Court of Appeal confirmed shortly after 6.30pm on Friday that permission to appeal had been refused.
Following the ruling, Christian Concern, an advocacy group supporting the family, announced that Archie’s legal team had applied to the European Court of Human Rights again to challenge the High Court, The Mirror reports . The ECHR has previously refused to intervene in Archie's case, saying in a statement on Wednesday that it "would not interfere" with the decisions of UK courts concerning the withdrawal of life support treatment.
