Charlie Gard: Parents yell at judge in frustration during High Court hearing

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Charlie Gard’s parents have interrupted a High Court hearing during the latest round of litigation in their fight to take their terminally ill baby son to the United States for treatment.

Chris Gard and Connie Yates, who are in their 30s and come from Bedfont, west London, want 11-month-old Charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage, to undergo a therapy trial in America.

Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, where Charlie is being cared for, have said therapy proposed by a doctor in America is experimental and would not help.

A judge is overseeing the latest round of litigation at a High Court hearing in London.

Mr Gard yelled at a barrister representing Great Ormond Street bosses, saying: “When are you going to start telling the truth?”

Ms Yates added: “It’s really difficult.”

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