'No evidence' Archie Battersbee took part in online blackout challenge, coroner says
There was no evidence that Archie Battersbee was taking part in an online blackout challenge, a coroner has said.
Judges had been told that Ms Dance had found Archie unconscious at home in Southend in Essex on April 7. She was at the pre-inquest review hearing in Chelmsford on Tuesday, while Mr Battersbee listened into proceedings online. She said Ms Dance gave her consent for officers to download information from Archie’s phone, which had been taken in evidence on April 7, and police downloaded some information from the phone on June 13.
She said that Archie had the TikTok social media app on his phone and he was “using and accessing TikTok” on April 7, but there was “no evidence” to suggest he was taking part in an online challenge.In a further update following this, Ms Weeks said: “There are a series of messages which reflect Archie’s mood.The coroner, Mr Brookes, said: “It’s low mood we’re looking at here, very low mood.”