A NEWPORT tot who spent his life fighting end-stage kidney failure has lost his battle with the disease.

Four-year-old Leo Jones, died of a cardiac arrest at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales, on Thursday.

The Alway Primary School pupil touched the hearts of Argus readers who donated more than £3,000 to pay for a special Christmas trip to Butlins. The Ringland toddler was given a ten per cent chance of survival when he was born with a tumour on his spine, but he defied the odds and was the face of Kidney Wales Walk for Life 2009 to help raise money for other patients.

See Monday’s Argus for a full tribute.