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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

‘It’s heartbreaking’: mother of Archie Battersbee says he was bullied online

Archie Battersbee
Threatening WhatsApp messages targeting Archie have been released as part of the disclosure process before the inquest into the 12-year-old’s death. Photograph: Hollie Dance/PA

From discovering her son unconscious with a ligature over his head to the lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful legal battle to stop his life support being switched off, Archie Battersbee’s mother has experienced heartbreak that is hard to imagine.

That pain has now been compounded by the recent discovery that Archie was bullied online in the months before the catastrophic brain injury on 7 April last year, she told the Guardian.

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