Essex s senior coroner Lincoln Brookes said Archie died from a catastrophic ischemic brain injury after a prank intended to shock his family went wrong .
The 12-year-old s life support was withdrawn on August 6, 2022, after his parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, failed in bids to overturn a High Court ruling that doctors could lawfully do so.
The mother of Archie Battersbee has revealed the 12-year-old was a victim of online bullying in the months before his death, ahead of the schoolboy s inquest which is due to begin next week