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Essex,8 mins

"He needs more time."

Sonia Watson

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The family of a 12-year-old boy with brain damage are waiting for a High Court judge to decide if his life-support treatment should continue. Archie Battersbee was found unconscious at his home in Southend, Essex, on 7 April. Doctors at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel in east London said he was "brain-stem dead" and his life-support should end. Archie's parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee disagree, with Hollie telling ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Essex that her son "needs more time". The result is expected to come from the High Court on Monday 13 June.

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