THE parents of a stricken 12-year-old boy have been given permission to appeal a ruling by top judges to switch his life support off.
Archie Battersbee was found with a ligature around his neck after a social media dare at home in Southend, Essex on April 7 this year.
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The youngster suffered brain damage in the “freak accident” and hasn’t woken since.
A High Court judge last week ruled Archie is legally dead and stands no chance of making a full recovery.
Mrs Justice Arbuthnot said doctors could begin to withdraw life support.
But his parents have now been given the go-ahead to take their fight to the Court of Appeal.
It comes after mum Hollie Dance claimed Archie has squeezed her hand from his bed at the Royal London Hospital.
She said: “His heart is still beating, he has gripped my hand, and as his mother and by my mother’s instinct, I know my son is still there.”
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