Parents lose fight to have Alfie Evans treated in Italy

♦the parents of Alfie Evans, the terminally ill infant, have lost their latest legal battle to take their son abroad for experimental treatment.

A lawyer representing Tom Evans, 21, and Kate James, 20, yesterday returned to the Court of Appeal to ask judges to rule that Alfie should be allowed to travel to Rome.

But Lord Justice Davis, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Moylan ruled against them after a hearing in London. The couple, who are from Liverpool, had already lost legal fights in the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights.

In February, Mr Justice Hayden ruled that doctors at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool could stop treating Alfie against the wishes of his parents.

As news from the court reached Alfie’s supporters at the hospital yesterday, tears mixed with anger and the crowd began a chant of “Save Alfie Evans!”