The Court of Appeal has refused to postpone the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from 12-year-old Archie Battersbee beyond 12pm on Tuesday
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Sir Andrew McFarlane, sitting with Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Moylan, said: "My decision is that, save for granting a short stay until 12 noon tomorrow, the parents' application for any further stay is dismissed." Archie had suffered brain damage at home in early April, and was found unconscious by his mother with a ligature over his head.Mum of Archie Battersbee urges Health Sec to 'act immediately' to keep her son alive
The parents had hoped the intervention by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities would stop care being withdrawn but the Court of Appeal did not grant an order to keep it going.
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