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Inquest Day 2 Bullet Points:
  • Archie arrived with his eyes already fully dilated and nonreactive.
    • "Archie was “critically unwell” and had a “build-up of acid in the blood” which is “commonly seen” for people in cardiac arrest, which is treated by oxygenation, ventilation and fluid resuscitation."
  • Coronor confirms that the EMS made the right choice in where he was brought and that his injury was a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury which would not be affected by his head/neck being moved.
    • This type of brain injury is caused by oxygen deprivation and decreased blood flow to brain.
      • There also is a comment that shows her time period is longer then she states.
        • "He stated the time it took for his mother to find him led to the brain injury being caused."
  • Archie had no brain activity or response to external stimuli on arrival or at any time during his hospital stay.
    • He also never attempted any spontaneous breath or showed any cough/gag reflex while on ventilator.
    • “There was no coughing or breathing when on the ventilator. This was not a survivable injury"
    • There was no reason to do surgery because it would change nothing his entire brain was already dead.
  • Archie was "on the brink of death" the entire time he was in hospital.
    • “Archie was on the brink of death when he was in Southend and remained on the brink of death for the next four months and was kept alive by completely artificial means.”
  • Tom accidentally admits Hollie knew something was up with Archie's mindset.
    • "He said until concerns were raised by his mother about Archie’s mindset, it “hadn’t even entered his mind” as he always thought his brother was very happy."
  • Lauren has changed her story about finding him with a ligerature around his neck the day before to it was on his head.
    • "She described an occasion in the days before the incident when Archie was playing, trying to pull a door closed with a cord attached to the top of his head."
  • The headmaster is in damage control mode.
    • "Matthew Badcock, head of Earls Hall Primary School in Westcliff where Archie went, said in his statement that he truly believed the youngster would not try to harm himself. "
    • Seems the knife incident may be accurate. Archie had been suspended three times already in about 6 and a half months.
      • "The inquest heard Archie had been suspended from secondary school on three separate occasions, with the most recent being a two-day suspension on March 17 for a physical assault against a pupil. "
  • Police were given Archie's devices.
    • Hollie refused permission for his text messages to be read.
      • This is probably because he was messaging her that he was depressed and wished to end it all.
        • "DS Gore has also gone through various message exchanges between him and his mother in the months before he was hospitalised. This included messages from Archie where he said he was “so depressed at the moment” and another where he referenced wanting to “give up on everything”."
  • GDPR in UK hinders things since they really did not investigate everything on his devices due to "privacy concerns" and they had to access in "airplane mode" since internet history is protected and private.
    • They found no proof of any challenges or other videos, but stated the tokens for tiktok were expired for some items.
      • "“But we can say for certainty that Archie never videoed or photographed himself to prove that he took part. He never searched the internet for any blackout or online challenges, and never accessed YouTube for challenges, and we can say with certainty that he never communicated with friends about an online blackout challenge.”"
  • They found some abusive messages from April.
    • "Oi Archie, do you know why you're angry? Because your mum wanted you to be an abortion."
    • "You and your mum are the ones sat there all night using."
  • And an arguement in February.
    • "Essex's senior coroner Lincoln Brookes said it could be characterised as a "heated exchange of bravado" where threats were exchanged."
  • There was no suicide note.
  • Police are also kinda stupid to state this when it is VERY clear she did not keep her story stable and consistent.
    • "DI Weeks said there were no ongoing child safety concerns, with a consistent story told by his family throughout the process, with no unexplained injuries."
  • The coronor says his decision is made based on THAT day and not the prior mentions of suicidal ideation.
  • Cause of Death : Accident
    • (It was not going to be ruled suicide because children rarely are since they lack the executive function to fully understand the repercussions of their actions. They lack the ability to know the finality of their decisions. They also are quite impulsive it is very rare to have a child actually knowingly and fully choose to commit suicide in a fully cognitive way.)
      • "I think he did so without necessarily a good reason, 12-year-old boys don’t always have reasons,” Mr Brookes said. “I think it may just be a case of curiosity – what does it feel like?” He said that “something very similar happened the night before”."
        • He also confirms there was a ligerature.
          • "He said that he was satisfied that Archie “put his head in a noose or put a cord round his neck”."
  • Hollie makes statement outside the courtroom.
    • She even now is still stating the EMS did wrong after multiple people in court proved they did things right.
      • She is attempting to lay cause in his injury on this in a way.
    • She's back to the online abuse thing.
      • The police found that it was not online it was voice messages and voice chats he had between people on his phone, not a coordinated abuse campaign.
    • She still on her campaign trail that social media bullying is what caused all this and she is going to work on that cause.
    • She makes a comment that he had a complex start at five.
      • If he truly was 5 when he first got excluded that really questions the family life he was living.
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What a god damned shit show.

To parrot others, I knew it would never be ruled a suicide and it's unfortunate that the txt messages between Archie and his mother were not reviewed, but I am pleased at the amout of information and evidence that was released showing the contradictory nature of Hollies original story. This all definitely paints her in a terrible light and confirms that the medical personal did the very best that they could/made the best judgment and that Archie was pretty much dead the entire time/fully dependent on machines. Its shows a very different side to Hollies naritive that Archies was only on "a few medications and vitamins" to remain stable and not as reliant on the machines and medical equipment as she would have us to believe.
 
Some more items that weren't mentioned in the Essex Live reports but are on the Southend Echo website

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Detective Sergeant Tiffany Gore said that Archie had written in Whatsapp messages about being depressed and thoughts of self-harm. In one, the youngster wrote: “That’s why I’m so depressed all the time and I don’t cut my wrists but I have tried and thought about killing myself.”


Matthew Badcock, the headmaster at Archie’s former primary school, said: “Although Archie was challenging he was lovely with it and rarely disrespectful.”
He described times when Archie “would go to the top of the stairwell and was hanging over the top and staff had to pull him back”.
“Archie had such extreme upper body strength I never felt he would fall,” he said.
Mr Badcock said that Archie was a “complex child” but he “never felt Archie was in danger of harm”, adding: “There’s no doubt Hollie loved Archie immensely and he was her little prince.”

The inquest heard Archie had been suspended from secondary school on three separate occasions, with the most recent being a two-day suspension on March 17 for a physical assault against a pupil.

so he'd been suspended 3 times in under a year - a model pupil then...

Essex’s senior coroner Lincoln Brookes described Archie as a “complex” child. Recording a conclusion of accidental death, he said that Archie “hadn’t intended to harm himself but had done so inadvertently during a prank or experiment that went wrong”.

He said that he was satisfied that Archie “put his head in a noose or put a cord round his neck”.
“I think he did so without necessarily a good reason, 12-year-old boys don’t always have reasons,” Mr Brookes said.
“I think it may just be a case of curiosity – what does it feel like?”

He said that “something very similar happened the night before”, when Archie’s sister saw him putting a cord round his head to try to pull a door closed.
“This was an accident that went wrong, either a prank to shock his mum as she came out of the bedroom to find him doing something shocking or reckless, or just experimenting to see what it was like to do this,” Mr Brookes said.
“It probably went wrong very quickly and very badly.”

He said he had considered a conclusion of suicide but ruled this out, adding: “It seems to me that while there were periods of low mood and very low mood during the previous 12 months , in the days preceding his death I haven’t received any evidence of that.”
 
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Entire Inquest Summary (Hit character limit so couldn't add to court post)
  • Hollie's Testimony
    • Hollie states Archie was bullied at school.
    • He was "taken out" of main stream education.
      • She fails to state that his behavior was so awful that he was excluded and it took 2 years to find a district to take him.
    • She has him in MMA and gymnastics every day.
    • She knew he was on Tiktok and Whatsapp while underage.
    • She states he wasn't down he was just bored.
    • She states that he was told he did not have what it takes to be professional gymnast.
      • She then states he proved them wrong by winning a gold medal.
        • Thing is she only has shown pictures of him recieving are participation certificates and one image of him as a young young child with a medal, which probably the same was a participation medal.
    • She states the EMS should have drove an him to another hospital an hour away instead of to one 5 minutes away.
  • Investigators states that he was making suicidal comments on Whatsapp and messages in the week before his death.
    • Hollie denies seeing any of this.
  • There is hints that they thought he was self harming or had self harmed.
    • Hollie states he would strip his clothes off when he got home so she would have seen it.
  • Hollie's story about finding him has changed again.
    • The bunny in bag exists, but she instead of getting mad talked about going to the movies.
    • When requestioned her story changed again.
      • "I think he climbed on the bannister and probably fell, causing serious injury to his neck, resulting in unconsciousness."
  • She has backtracked on her it was a Tiktok challenge thing and now states she does not beleive so.
    • In the same breath she states the police know he was on TikTok and that he was on it the day before.
      • It has already been confirmed by police he was not looking up any challenges.
  • She states that Archie was against anything loud or bullying.
    • Videos in the OP will prove this wrong with him being into gang shit and stuff as well as being quite loud.
  • Hollie states when she found Archie she ran outside screaming for help instead of calling 999.
    • She states she then went inside and called 999.
      • Neighbors and EMS reports conflict this it was NOT Hollie who called.
  • Neighbor's report is he heard screaming found Hollie outside.
    • Hollie never started CPR or called EMS.
      • Neighbor started CPR and called EMS.
        • He says it took 4 mins for EMS to arrive, against Hollie's stories of it taking much longer.
  • Paramedic Testimony
    • Archie had no spontaneous breathing even in response to CPR.
      • They got a brief return to circulation, but it immediately went away and never returned.
    • Hollie complained about lack of neck brace.
      • EMS stated that he was already in a good position and it would involve more movement and risk of injury to put a neck brace on him.
    • Hollie's complaint about him going to Southend was brought up again.
      • EMS states that with Archie being in cardiac arrest the best decision was to get him to a hospital ASAP and that a hospital an hour away was not even in their protocols.
        • Hollie wanted them to drive an hour with a child in cardiac arrest instead of 5 minutes away.
    • EMS stated that when Tom arrived a verbal argument began between him and the police.
      • ""She added that at one point, a brother of Archie had arrived at the scene and “there was a loud, verbal exchange with the police” before Archie was taken to hospital."
    • Archie had a "pulseless electrical rhythm."
      • This is an unshockable cardiac arrest.
        • This is probably the polite way to say Archie was already dead.
    • Hollie never called Paul to let him know what happened.
      • He found out when Archie was unreachable for a planned phone call.
        • Finally he got through to Hollie who told him Archie was "up the hospital."
  • Archie arrived with his eyes already fully dilated and nonreactive.
    • "Archie was “critically unwell” and had a “build-up of acid in the blood” which is “commonly seen” for people in cardiac arrest, which is treated by oxygenation, ventilation and fluid resuscitation."
    • Coronor confirms that the EMS made the right choice in where he was brought and that his injury was a catastrophic hypoxic-ischemic brain injury which would not be affected by his head/neck being moved.
      • This type of brain injury is caused by oxygen deprivation and decreased blood flow to brain.
        • There also is a comment that shows her time period is longer then she states.
          • "He stated the time it took for his mother to find him led to the brain injury being caused."
    • Archie had no brain activity or response to external stimuli on arrival or at any time during his hospital stay.
      • He also never attempted any spontaneous breath or showed any cough/gag reflex while on ventilator.
      • “There was no coughing or breathing when on the ventilator. This was not a survivable injury"
      • There was no reason to do surgery because it would change nothing his entire brain was already dead.
    • Archie was "on the brink of death" the entire time he was in hospital.
      • “Archie was on the brink of death when he was in Southend and remained on the brink of death for the next four months and was kept alive by completely artificial means.”
    • Tom accidentally admits Hollie knew something was up with Archie's mindset.
      • "He said until concerns were raised by his mother about Archie’s mindset, it “hadn’t even entered his mind” as he always thought his brother was very happy."
    • Lauren has changed her story about finding him with a ligerature around his neck the day before to it was on his head.
      • "She described an occasion in the days before the incident when Archie was playing, trying to pull a door closed with a cord attached to the top of his head."
    • The headmaster is in damage control mode.
      • "Matthew Badcock, head of Earls Hall Primary School in Westcliff where Archie went, said in his statement that he truly believed the youngster would not try to harm himself. "
      • Seems the knife incident may be accurate. Archie had been suspended three times already in one month.
        • "The inquest heard Archie had been suspended from secondary school on three separate occasions, with the most recent being a two-day suspension on March 17 for a physical assault against a pupil. "
    • Police were given Archie's devices.
      • Hollie refused permission for his text messages to be read.
        • This is probably because he was messaging her that he was depressed and wished to end it all.
          • "DS Gore has also gone through various message exchanges between him and his mother in the months before he was hospitalised. This included messages from Archie where he said he was “so depressed at the moment” and another where he referenced wanting to “give up on everything”."
    • From my undersatnding, GDPR in UK hinders things since they really did not investigate everything on his devices due to "privacy concerns" and they had to access in "airplane mode" since internet history is protected and private.
      • (This may be wrong I am not in the UK and have been informed that police are exempt to this.)
      • They found no proof of any challenges or other videos, but stated the tokens for tiktok were expired for some items.
        • "“But we can say for certainty that Archie never videoed or photographed himself to prove that he took part. He never searched the internet for any blackout or online challenges, and never accessed YouTube for challenges, and we can say with certainty that he never communicated with friends about an online blackout challenge.”"
    • They found some abusive messages from April.
      • "Oi Archie, do you know why you're angry? Because your mum wanted you to be an abortion."
      • "You and your mum are the ones sat there all night using."
    • And an arguement in February.
      • "Essex's senior coroner Lincoln Brookes said it could be characterised as a "heated exchange of bravado" where threats were exchanged."
    • There was no suicide note.
    • Police are also kinda stupid to state this when it is VERY clear she did not keep her story stable and consistent.
      • "DI Weeks said there were no ongoing child safety concerns, with a consistent story told by his family throughout the process, with no unexplained injuries."
    • The coronor says his decision is made based on THAT day and not the prior mentions of suicidal ideation.
    • Cause of Death : Accident
      • (When ruling a suicide you have to have clear intent and will and a bunch of other things. A child simply does not have the executive function to have this. It was not going to be ruled suicide because children rarely are since they lack the executive function to fully understand the repercussions of their actions. They lack the ability to know the finality of their decisions. They also are quite impulsive it is very rare to have a child actually knowingly and fully choose to commit suicide in a fully cognitive way.)
        • "I think he did so without necessarily a good reason, 12-year-old boys don’t always have reasons,” Mr Brookes said. “I think it may just be a case of curiosity – what does it feel like?” He said that “something very similar happened the night before”."
          • He also confirms there was a ligerature.
            • "He said that he was satisfied that Archie “put his head in a noose or put a cord round his neck”."
    • Hollie makes statement outside the courtroom.
      • She even now is still stating the EMS did wrong after multiple people in court proved they did things right.
        • She is attempting to lay cause in his injury on this in a way.
      • She's back to the online abuse thing.
        • The police found that it was not online it was voice messages and voice chats he had between people on his phone, not a coordinated abuse campaign.
      • She still on her campaign trail that social media bullying is what caused all this and she is going to work on that cause.
      • She makes a comment that he had a complex start at five.
        • If he truly was 5 when he first got excluded that really questions the family life he was living.
 
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She really turned up to court looking like Mr X, huh?

lmao she looks like a resident evil villain
 
"He said that he was satisfied that Archie “put his head in a noose or put a cord round his neck”."
Why isn't the noose or cord taken by police as a piece of evidence? Why is there a question as to what the ligature is? Surely police would have picked up the suspected guilty item? Could someone in the household tried to have hidden it? I know reporting guidelines have already been discussed but it just doesn't sit right with me that the object in question was not even confirmed by the coroner. I would also like to know how HD/LP and also the neighbors found the lad as there were some conflicting early accounts shared to the public if I remember correctly.

It does confirm a longstanding suspicion that Archie's behavioural and relational issues were much more severe than anyone previously let on. Archie was known to be reckless and impulsive. We will not know what happened in Archie's head between Archie showing his mother the rabbit and hanging over the staircase but I imagine Mum told him to go away and he felt a bit dejected in that moment.
"What would really get back at mum and get her attention?" + viewing and partaking in depression content online + reckless and impulsive and possibly lower than average IQ for his age = bright idea. Otherwise, not much has been reported today that really adds or detracts from some of the more watertight discussions already had on here.
 
@GenociderSyo when did the police state anything about GDPR? The GDPR specifically excludes law enforcement (it's designed to cover commercial use of data).
The police not accessing his devices without consent is because the police have a general policy of not accessing childrens' devices unless: 1) they have a legal body like the court demand it of them, or 2) their responsible adult (parent, guardian, etc) gives written permission.

This is a policing policy for children unrelated to the GDPR, unless you can direct me towards the police stating otherwise?
 
Even when giving her statement about her son's inquest Ms. Dance carries a photo not of her son, but of herself and her son.
She always has to make herself the centre and today was no exception.

My prediction is that she will sue the NHS, focusing on the paramedics, even though their actions were exemplary. Some no win no fee shysters will take the case for the publicity.
 
@GenociderSyo when did the police state anything about GDPR? The GDPR specifically excludes law enforcement (it's designed to cover commercial use of data).
The police not accessing his devices without consent is because the police have a general policy of not accessing childrens' devices unless: 1) they have a legal body like the court demand it of them, or 2) their responsible adult (parent, guardian, etc) gives written permission.

This is a policing policy for children unrelated to the GDPR, unless you can direct me towards the police stating otherwise?
I should have made it clear I was discussing my understanding of GDPR I will fix that in the post. Not being from UK the only training I have had in it was a short course and it acted like it was cross the board.
 
So the abusive voice message accused both Archie and Hollie of taking drugs? Yikes.

It unnerves me that Hollie said Archie thrived around adults, and Tom said he got on well with his older friends. I don't think that's a good thing at all. It's not like Archie was an old soul who didn't share interests with people his age.

Kids who can't make friends with their peers almost always have shit going on, IMO, and are susceptible to grooming (in any context, not just sexual - drug running as has been speculated, etc...) from their adult "mates" hamming up how mature they are.
 
Being excluded three times in your first year of secondary school within the first couple of terms is pretty shocking. Exclusion is a last resort after continued behavioural problems or if severe violence/defiance/drug use. For example, refusing instructions from a senior leader/head teacher (they ask you to come to their office to speak and you shout, swear, argue, usually means the whole class then has to be removed and the kid restrained and carried out), vaping/smoking/drinking alcohol or assaulting another pupil/teacher. It's sad it's happened three times to such a young lad. Often you see this happen with year 9-10s, kid has to have a lot of shit going on at home to behave that way in year 7.
 
Even when giving her statement about her son's inquest Ms. Dance carries a photo not of her son, but of herself and her son.
She always has to make herself the centre and today was no exception.

My prediction is that she will sue the NHS, focusing on the paramedics, even though their actions were exemplary. Some no win no fee shysters will take the case for the publicity.
and if this happens she'll get a settlement to stfu about it because they know she'll keep screeching about how totally incompetent they are and how they're going to kill more people until she gets paid to stop. The only alternative is suing her or going after her legally and that would only make her look vindicated and like some kind of victim, and make them look bad, so they'll pay her off
 
I should have made it clear I was discussing my understanding of GDPR I will fix that in the post. Not being from UK the only training I have had in it was a short course and it acted like it was cross the board.
Thank you for your service- this thread any many more wouldn’t exist without your effort. 🍻
 
Interesting that the comment on one of the echo articles months ago about Archie assaulting another kid at school turned out to be true.

@GenociderSyo in your bulletpoints you have said

She states that he was told he did not have what it takes to be professional.
She then states he proved them wrong by winning a gold medal.
Thing is she also admits his first match wasn't until the week after he hung himself.


These comments were regarding his gymnastics, not MMA.

Has to be stated though, your OP is looking like a more thorough investigation than that of Essex Police!
 
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