The wife of a man left brain damaged and unable to speak after a teen gang battered him with a log says she is "horrified" one of his attackers could be released within weeks.
The three youths beat care worker Alan Willson to within an inch of his life leaving him with "no mental capacity" last year.
The 46-year-old from Worthing, Sussex, was left with bruising and bleeding on the brain and fractures to his skull, eye sockets, jaw and ribs.