12 year-old Archie Battersbee was found unresponsive with a ligature around his neck at his home in Essex. His family believes he may have been taking part in a dangerous online challenge.
A specialist, who cannot be named, told Mrs Justice Arbuthnot the lower part of Archie’s brain stem was significantly damaged, and the upper part also had damage to it.
Tests showed no sign of improvement since mid-April but there were signs of deterioration, he said, adding the boy’s prognosis was ‘very grave’ and his chances of recovery were ‘very low’. Archie’s mum, Hollie Dance, believes he may have been taking part in an online challenge when he was injured Asked by Barts Health NHS Trust’s legal team if parts of the boy’s brain and spinal cord had died, and were decaying, the specialist replied: ‘Yes.’had been followed and if their views had been taken into account.
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