‘We thought my brother, 5, had a tummy bug — days later he died’

Jude Platts died from a severe bacterial infection (Picture: Adam Platts/SWNS)

Five-year-old Jude Platts died just 24 hours after doctors diagnosed him with a rare and devastating form of meningitis.

The young boy from Liverpool began vomiting during the Christmas period in December 2025. He had no temperature or any other warning signs, leading his family to assume he’d merely picked up a stomach bug and so expected the illness to pass.

Jude continued being sick throughout the morning and into afternoon.