Indi Gregory: Parents wait to hear where baby's treatment will end

Indi Gregory has mitochondrial disease which prevents cells in the body producing energy

The parents of a critically ill baby are awaiting a High Court judge's ruling on where she should be when specialists withdraw treatment.

Indi Gregory has mitochondrial disease and doctors at Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) have said they can do no more for her.

Lawyers said options included a hospital, a hospice and Indi's home.

The court was told Mr Justice Peel will aim to hand down his formal judgement by 14:00 BST on Wednesday.

A decision by the Italian government on Monday to grant Indi citizenship to allow her to receive treatment at a children's hospital in Rome was not discussed at the hearing.

The judge was told on Tuesday that Indi's parents, Dean Gregory and Claire Staniforth, from Ilkeston in Derbyshire, said their preference was for treatment to be withdrawn at home.

Specialists treating Indi at the QMC said a hospital or hospice was a more appropriate setting for "extubation".

They told the private online hearing in the Family Division of the High Court that she might be able to go home after the process.

Indi's father Dean Gregory and mother Claire Staniforth want treatment to continue

Mitochondrial disease prevents cells in the body producing energy and the NHS says the condition is incurable.

Doctors have said she is dying and told a previous High Court hearing her treatment was futile and causes pain.

The High Court has granted permission for doctors to withdraw life support for Indi, with the judge ruling it was in "her best interests".

Her parents have failed to persuade Court of Appeal judges in London and judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, to overturn the decision.

Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital in Rome agreed to provide treatment but a judge denied an application to move Indi to Rome for further care on Thursday.

The family's appeal against the High Court ruling was rejected on Saturday.

A protest against the ruling was held outside the QMC on Sunday.

The Italian government intervened and granted her Italian citizenship on Monday.

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to do what she could to "defend" Indi's life.

Indi was born on 24 February