Charlie Gard: Dad yells 'evil' as hospital bosses reveal new scans on terminally ill baby make for 'sad reading'

The parents want to take Charlie Gard home to spend their final moments with the terminally ill baby
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Jonathan Mitchell21 July 2017

The father of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard yelled "evil" in a court outburst as a lawyer revealed a new scan on the terminally ill baby makes for “sad reading”

Chris Gard and Connie Yates are currently battling in the High Court to take their 11-month-old boy – who suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage – to the US for experimental treatment.

His mother, Connie Yates, burst into tears and his father, Chris Gard, yelled "evil" after Katie Gollop QC on Friday told a judge analysing the latest stage of a legal battle over treatment what doctors thought of fresh scan results.

Barrister Katie Katie Gollop QC had told the court that scans carried out by the hospital in recent days gave little cause for optimism in treating the terminally ill baby.

Mr Gard yelled "evil" and added: "I'm not f****** listening to this biased shit anymore."

It comes after a judge in the case told the boy’s parents that he will soon need to hear new material as they enter the latest stage in their legal battle.

During the hearing, which was scheduled for Mr Justice Francis to make case directions, barrister Grant Armstrong, representing the boy’s parents, told the court that the baby had undergone further scans in the past few days.

Charlie’s parents, who are in their 30s and come from Bedfont, west London, have already lost battles in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in London.

GOSH has said the therapy is experimental and will not help Charlie, and the sick tot should be allowed to die with dignity.

Connie Yates and Chris Gard attend a High Court hearing
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They have also failed to persuade European Court of Human Rights judges to intervene.

But the couple say there is new evidence and want Mr Justice Francis, who in April ruled in favour of Great Ormond Street and said Charlie should be allowed to die with dignity, to carry out a fresh analysis of their case.

Mr Justice Francis considered the couple’s new claims at preliminary hearings.

Last week, he suggested that the American specialist – Michio Hirano, a professor of neurology at Columbia University Medical Centre in New York – should travel to London to meet Great Ormond Street doctors and other clinicians.

Dr Hirano examined Charlie and discussed his case at Great Ormond Street on Monday and Tuesday.

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