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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Dan Warburton

Archie Battersbee's mum 'won't give up' as she says 'I cannot betray him'

The parents of Archie Battersbee say they will fight on for his life after a judge ruled that machines keeping him alive should be switched off.

Doctors argued it is futile to carry on treating the 12-year-old after he suffered a catastrophic brain injury when a social media dare apparently went wrong.

His parents Hollie Dance, 46, and Paul Battersbee, 56, have fought a legal battle to keep Archie’s ventilator turned on.

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