Armed Battersbee dies after family loses legal bid

Dance told reporters that Archie died at Royal London Hospital at 12: 15 pm local time, a few hours after doctors suspended the artificial ventilation keeping him alive. Such a beautiful little boy, he fought right until the end, she said.

Dance said the hospital had made it clear that there were no more options and that life support would be withdrawn on Saturday morning.

The 12 year-old had been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother Dance in April. He was kept alive by a combination of medical interventions, including ventilation and drug treatments, according to Britain's PA news agency.

Paul Battersbee left and Hollie Dance right lost a Supreme Court decision to delay the withdrawal of their son's life-sustaining treatment. PA reported that doctors eventually concluded the boy to be brain-stem dead, which led his family to pursue a legal battle over maintaining his life-sustaining support in the hope that he would recover. In recent days, the family has made bids to the High Court, Court of Appeal and European Court of Human Rights to have Archie Battersbee die at the Royal London Hospital on Saturday after treatment was withdrawn in line with court rulings about his best interests, according to a statement from Alistair Chesser, chief medical officer at Barts Health NHS Trust. The statement said that members of his family were present at the bedside and their thoughts and heartfelt condolences remain with them at this difficult time.