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Fionnuala Boyle

Young Scots man dies suddenly after falling ill at adult disability centre

Tributes have been paid to a young man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who died suddenly at the age of 20.

Shaun Paul Shirkie, of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian was at Cherry Road Centre, a day centre for disabled adults, when he suddenly took ill last Wednesday.

He suffered cardiac arrest and was rushed to Royal Edinburgh Hospital but never regained consciousness.

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