Archie Battersbee's mum says noose was left on son's grave as she tells of death threats
dailyrecord.co.ukArchie Battersbee's mum said she has received a barrage of online abuse including death threats, and that a noose was left on her son's grave.
Hollie Dance, from Southend, fought to overturn a High Court ruling that gave doctors permission to switch the 12-year-old's life support machine off after she found him unconscious at their home in April.
Archie died on August 6 after the judge concluded with "profound regret” that his treatment was to end, reports the Daily Mirror.Ms Dance said the “very severe trolling” started in May, weeks before Archie's life support machine was withdrawn.She described the trolling as “absolutely awful”. “It’s been like it from mid-May,” she said. “The police have been investigating since mid-May so we’re hoping a case is building now.“They are on it.
We’ve got over 10,000 screenshots of some of the vile comments and accusations.”Ms Dance said she was mostly targeted online, but there was also a “noose put on his grave” and “hanging ropes on the vigil tree”.She added that she had received two death threats and the trolling had been "just constant, every single day”.The mum also received complaints sent to Southend Borough Council after she celebrated Archie’s birthday with a gazebo at his graveside on Friday.She said: "The fact they've now rung the council, the cemetery, they've said we've had this gazebo up and we're partying, we're playing music, eating, drinking, making it sound really quite bad.""It sounds so bad and it's not the case.
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