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Sophie Collins & Brian Farmer & Sam Russell, PA

Family of tragic schoolboy Archie Battersbee prepare to remember him at funeral service

The family of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee are preparing to lay him to rest today after a life-support treatment battle this summer.

On April 7, the young boy was found unconscious at his home in Essex with a ligature over his head after potentially taking part in an online challenge.

Sadly after months of hope, he never regained consciousness, and in August a judge based in the Family Division of the High Court in London ruled in July that doctors could lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to the youngster.

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