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Karen Sweeney

RARE PHOTOS: Brutal assault robbed man of enjoyment | Rare Historical Photos

A man faces sentencing for bashing a man with Fragile X syndrome and an intellectual disability. (AAP)

Once a week Matthew Kelly would be driven to a local milk bar by his disability support carer so he could buy a can of diet coke and walk home.

Mr Kelly has Fragile X syndrome and an intellectual disability, and walking up to five kilometres a day was one of the few things he could enjoy in life.

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