Archie Battersbee: judges deny appeal over decision to stop life support

Parents have been fighting for son with catastrophic' brain injury to continue receiving treatment

The parents of a 12-year-old boy who suffered a catastrophic" brain injury have been refused permission to appeal against a decision to end his life support treatment.

Three judges, sitting at the court of appeal in central London, ruled on Monday that the decision of a high court judge to reject the plea by the parents of Archie Battersbee for him to be allowed to die a natural" death had been based on the child's best interests.