Judge rules that brain-damaged girl in London hospital can be allowed to die

A judge has ruled that five-year-old Pippa Knight, who has suffered brain damage and is in a vegetative state, should be allowed to die (Sinclairslaw/PA)

Doctors can stop providing life-support treatment to a five-year-old girl who has suffered brain damage and is in a vegetative state, a High Court judge has ruled.

Specialists treating Pippa Knight at the Evelina Children’s Hospital in London said life-support treatment should end.