Archie Battersbee: judge rules 12-year-old is ‘brain-stem dead’

Judge says doctors at London hospital can lawfully stop treating boy, who had accident at home in April

A judge has ruled that a 12-year-old boy with catastrophic brain damage is dead and that his treatment could stop.

Archie Battersbee has not regained consciousness since an accident at his home on 7 April, when he was discovered with a ligature over his head.