By Robert Laurie —— Bio and Archives July 25, 2017
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Speaking from the witness box, Connie Yates said that she hoped her son’s life would not be in vain. “We only wanted to give him a chance of life,” she said, adding that “a whole lot of time has been wasted.” Outside court, supporters calling themselves Charlie’s Army reacted with anger and tears, chanting: “shame on you judge” and “shame on Gosh”. Mr Justice Francis had been scheduled to analyse what the couple said was fresh evidence at a hearing in the family division of the high court in London. Grant Armstrong, representing Charlie’s parents, told the high court in London: “For Charlie, it’s too late, time has run out, irreversible muscular damage has been done and the treatment can no longer be a success.”
He said the parents had made “the most painful of decisions, that only parents can make.” Armstrong said: “Charlie has waited patiently for treatment. Due to delay, that window of opportunity has been lost.”Gard's mother says the donations they collected to facilitate Charlie's hail-Mary treatment will now be used to establish a foundation in his memory - one that will fight to save other babies with similar conditions.
"We'd like to save other babies and children because these medications have been proven to work and we honestly have so much belief in them. "If Charlie doesn't get this chance, we will make sure that other innocent babies and children will be saved"Heartbreaking.
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