This has only been received this morning so we will look to prepare a full report." In a further update following this, Ms Weeks said: "There are a series of messages which reflect Archie’s mood. Ms Weeks said Archie's phone had since been submitted for a “full forensic download”. She said that Archie had the TikTok social media app on his phone and he was "using and accessing" it on April 7, but there was "no evidence" to suggest he was taking part in an online challenge. She added: “There’s no evidence of Archie filming any videos on the day of the incident." Ms Weeks said that Archie accessed YouTube "regularly" and most of his search terms were about "MMA fighters, boxing or music videos". Ms Weeks said: “There are no photographs or videos on the download that suggest Archie was taking part in any online challenge." She said Ms Dance gave her consent for officers to download information from Archie’s phone, which they did on June 13 after the device was taken in evidence on April 7. Hollie Dance speaks to media outside the Royal London hospital following Archie's death (Image: PA) Detective Inspector Sarah Weeks of Essex Police, reading from a colleague’s report, said Archie’s mother had been "concerned there was an online challenge going round and other young people could be at risk". It found messages reflecting what Mr Brookes described as "very low mood". He also heard an update from an Essex Police officer following a download of Archie’s phone. READ MORE: Family of Archie Battersbee pushing for law change after his deathĮssex’s senior coroner Lincoln Brookes, presiding over a pre-inquest review hearing in Chelmsford on Tuesday, said there was "no evidence at this stage to substantiate the concern" that he had taken part in the online challenge. After his parents Ms Dance and Paul Battersbee failed to overturn the ruling, Archie was taken off life support on August 6. They said continued life-support treatment was not in his best interests and a High Court ruled they could lawfully withdraw it. Doctors treating Archie at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, thought he was brain-stem dead. Judges were told Archie's mum Hollie Dance had found him Archie unconscious with a ligature over his head at home in Southend, Essex on April 7. His comments came as an inquest heard that police found messages reflecting "very low mood" on the 12-year-old’s phone. A coroner says he has seen no evidence to substantiate Archie Battersbee's mum belief that her son was taking part in an online blackout challenge before he was found unconscious.
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