The child, known as Y, was physically and chemically restrained in hospital last month and, at points, was handcuffed and guarded by as many as 13 police officers, the court heard.
Other seriously ill children were moved to alternative hospitals across the north west of England due to the disruption and elective surgeries were cancelled.
Judge Mr Justice MacDonald, who overturned an order authorising the deprivation of the boy’s liberty on the ward, said that he demonstrates “challenging, violent and increasingly self-harming behaviour”.
He has been diagnosed with epilepsy and “it is possible, although not definitively established” that he also has ADHD and autistic spectrum disorder.
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