ARCHIE’S parents submit an application to the European Court of Human Right and say, “we will not give up on Archie until the end”.
The parents of Archie Battersbee have submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to postpone the withdrawal of his life support.
Lawyers acting for Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee had been given a deadline of 9am on Wednesday to submit the application.
On Tuesday evening, Ms Dance said Barts Health NHS Trust would begin to withdraw Archie’s life support at 11am on Wednesday unless the family submitted the application to the Strasbourg-based court by 9am.
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After submitting the application, Archie Battersbee’s mother, Hollie Dance, said she hopes the ECHR will look favourably on the application.
He said: “We are very relieved.
“We are having to battle every decision with the hospital.
“We now hope and pray that the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) will look favourably on the application.
“We will not give up on Archie until the end.”
Ms Dance found Archie unconscious on April 7, after she believes he took part in an online challenge.
Doctors believe Archie is brain-stem dead and say continued life-support treatment is not in his best interests.
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