Tragic baby Charlie not allowed home to die
CHARLIE Gard’s parents say they have been denied their final wish to be able to take their son home to die.
Chris Gard and Connie Yates from London wanted 10-month- old Charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage, to be allowed to die at home.
But they say Great Ormond Street Hospital has denied them this request and the baby’s life support will be switched off today.
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It comes after the couple lost a marathon legal battle to stop his life support from being turned off.