Last November a suspected murderer and an alleged violent burglar also escaped from the mental institution.īoth men were on remand before criminal proceedings and were being assessed for mental health conditions.Īfter one of the men was recaptured he was charged with three robberies committed while on the run. Last month, Caesar, 37, is believed to have committed suicide at Balham railway station, in south-west London, after he went on the run from the nearby hospital after being allowed to spend time in the grounds unescorted.Ĭaesar's body was so badly mutilated after being hit by the train it could not be identified.Īs a result body parts were driven under blue light escort for forensic examination at a centre in north west London so the hunt could be formally called off. "Reform must now come through Charlie's Law so that no parents have to go through this.Paul Caesar: The convicted rapist absconded from Springfield hospital and is thought to have committed suicide "The whole system has been stacked against us," Archie's mother Dance said Friday, with many on social media also questioning her actions and the family's fundraising. The parents have been pushing the UK government to adopt "Charlie's Law", proposed legislation that would strengthen parents' rights when disputes arise over the treatment of their children.
His parents had fought a five-month legal battle for Charlie to be taken to the United States for experimental treatment, eliciting support from then US president Donald Trump and evangelical groups. READ | UK court rules to end 12-year-old boy's life support, despite opposition from his parentsĬharlie Gard, born in August 2016 with a rare form of mitochondrial disease that causes progressive muscle weakness, died one week short of his first birthday after doctors withdrew life support. His parents had the support of Pope Francis to take him to a clinic in Rome, but lost a final court appeal days before he died. "They may have different political or other views, (and) have reason to wish to tell the parents things that may not be accurate," he said on Sky.Īfter a highly charged battle between the hospital and his parents, 23-month-old Alfie Evans died in April 2018 when doctors in Liverpool, in northwestern England, withdrew life support. Such groups are often working to their own agendas, according to Dominic Wilkinson, professor of medical ethics at the University of Oxford. The involvement of groups such as Christian Concern in support of desperate parents has drawn criticism for prolonging the pain of all concerned.
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The case is the latest in a series that have pitted parents against Britain's legal and healthcare systems. "The family are devastated and are spending precious time with Archie." "All legal routes have been exhausted," a spokesman for the campaign group Christian Concern, which has been supporting the family, said late Friday. The parents also lost a last-ditch legal bid to have Archie transferred to a hospice for his final hours.
I did not know what to write because there are no words that will take the pain away.Ī judge in June agreed with doctors that Archie was "brain-stem dead", allowing life support to be discontinued, but the family fought through the courts to overturn that.Īrguing that Archie could benefit from treatment in Italy or Japan, they took their case all the way to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, which this week declined to intervene.
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