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'DOCTORS CAN LET BABY DIE'
Premature baby Charlotte Wyatt is to be allowed to die if her breathing stops.
A High Court judge has given Charlotte's doctors permission not to resuscitate her - despite a plea by her parents that everything should be done to give her the chance of life, however short.
Darren Wyatt, 33, and his 23-year-old wife Debbie - who is expecting their third child - of Buckland, Portsmouth, had urged the judge not to give up on their daughter.
Giving his judgment, Mr Justice Hedley said: "I have given this case my most anxious and closest attention. I am only too aware of my own limitations in making so momentous a decision.
The judge said of Charlotte that he did not believe "that any further aggressive treatment, even if necessary to prolong her life, is in her best interests".
"I know that may mean that she may die earlier than otherwise she might have done, but in my judgment the moment of her death will only be slightly advanced," he added.
"I have asked myself: what can now be done to benefit Charlotte? I can only offer three answers.
"As much comfort as possible, as much time as possible to spend in the presence and in contact with her parents and she should be allowed to meet her end, in the words of Mr Wyatt, with the TLC of those who love her the most," he said.
After the ruling the couple's solicitor Richard Stein said they did not intend to appeal.
He said: "As you will appreciate, Darren and Debbie and Wyatt are extremely upset following the judgment handed down.
"They have asked me to say that they feel it was most important that the issues in the case have been aired in public because as a result everyone has had an opportunity to consider the extremely difficult issues faced by them and numerous other parents in their position."