A GRIEVING mum has insisted that a 'party' held in a cemetery was a one-off to mark her birthday, as she revealed sick trolls left a “mock noose” at her son’s grave.

Hollie Dance says she is being “tormented” with online abuse following the death of her 12-year-old son Archie Battersbee.

Archie was at the centre of a legal battle before his life support was withdrawn on August 6.

Ms Dance has also hit back at complaints made to Southend Council alleging people had been partying, drinking and listening to loud music after setting up a gazebo at the grave.

Cruel trolls have been targeting Ms Dance and her family ever since, and the mum now claims they have resorted to leaving items at Archie’s grave.

“We are 100 per cent being targeted and I have even had death threats,” Ms Dance claimed.

“One of the worst things that has been done was somebody left a mock noose made out of plastic.

“They are absolutely tormenting the life out of us.”

She says she put up the gazebo on Friday to spend her birthday at Archie’s grave despite the heavy rain forecast for the day.

“There have been complaints that we were playing music, which we did not do at any point, and we have been accused of partying, eating and drinking,” she said.

“If you call a Starbucks coffee and a box of milk chocolates that somebody bought me for my birthday ‘partying’, then we are guilty. Otherwise it’s nonsense.”

The gazebo has since been taken down.

Southend councillor Martin Terry, responsible for public protection, said: “We understand that people will always grieve in different ways when they lose a loved one.

“We would remind all families with loved ones in the cemetery of the conditions of when they purchased the plot, and to remind them that the cemetery is a public space that many people use to visit their loved ones, and as such we want to ensure that it remains respectful for all.”