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Dan Warburton & Alahna Kindred & Aaron Morris

Judge rules that life support for 12-year-old Archie Battersbee should be switched off

A judge has ruled that the life-support of a 12-year-old boy should be switched off, following a treatment dispute which has taken place at the High Court.

Archie Battersbee is currently receiving desperate treatment at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, East London, with doctors reporting that he will be 'brain-stem dead' should he be disconnected from a ventilator.

However, Archie's parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, are fighting for their son's life - saying that his heart is still beating and they want treatment to continue.

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