Cancer Boy's Mum In Last Plea Before Ruling

A woman who wants to stop doctors giving radiotherapy treatment to her seven-year-old son following surgery on a brain tumour is acting merely out of love, a High Court judge has heard.

Mr Justice Bodey is set to rule later today.

Sally Roberts, 37, says she fears radiotherapy will cause her son, Neon, long-term harm and is locked in a court battle for alternative treatment.

Doctors have said Neon could die within months if he does not get the radiotherapy.

"Her stance merely reflects the love that she has for him," Ian Peddie QC, for Ms Roberts, told the judge in a last-ditch plea.

"The mother, having considered the pros and cons of radiotherapy, does not believe it is in his best interests because of the significant and long-term consequences of this dramatic, powerful brain-altering treatment."

The judge has been hearing arguments about the pros and cons of radiotherapy.

Ms Roberts, a New Zealander who lives in Brighton, East Sussex, has previously told the proceedings she is not a "bonkers mother".

She fears radiotherapy will reduce Neon's IQ, shorten his life, put him at risk of having strokes and make him infertile.

Ms Roberts said she would agree to Neon having chemotherapy because any damage caused could be "overcome".

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Cancer Boy's Mum In Last Plea Before Ruling