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Man jailed after passing on HIV

news.bbc.co.uk — A man who "refused" to wear a condom while aware that he had HIV - and passed that to a woman partner has been jailed for nine years.

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  • roosterjm2k2, on 10/12/2007, -9/+137Fine with me. He gave her a death sentence. Not only a death sentence, but one that will hang over her head for years. It would have been more humane to just straight murder her.
  • ronaldst, on 10/12/2007, -12/+66He should be sentenced to death. Taxpayers don't wanna pay to keep this monster behind bars.
  • monospaced, on 10/12/2007, -5/+52As far as I know, being infected with the HIV virus and suffering from AIDS are different. One is definitely worse than the other.
  • thebaron2, on 10/12/2007, -5/+45So that's basically a death sentence, right?

    How long are folks surviving these days with AIDS, on average? ...besides Magic Johnson, of course.
  • kirbs, on 10/12/2007, -5/+39apparently it costs more to sentance somebody to death, than it does for life in prison
  • Alegoo92, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35Not necessarily-- we dont even know if he has full blown AIDS..

    Plus I think he deserved it, infecting someone without any care of the consequences.
  • vblvbl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32Good, but isn't all of the prison buttsex just going to make it worse?
  • ubuwalker31, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31If you knowingly and recklessly transmit a deadly disease to a person who doesn't know you have the disease and is unable to take the appropriate cautions, that should be severely punished. The person isn't being punished because he has a disease. He is being punished because he assaulted someone with it.
  • Jagwire2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18It's a bit different when you are aware that you have HIV.
  • dawattsjr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19@kbwaz82

    Because your comment was idiotic. You cannot get HIV from someone merely preparing your food, unless perhaps they are bleeding profusely into it. I thought society had moved past this level of ignorance about HIV/AIDS, but I suppose not everyone has.
  • Billiam627, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Actually with ARVs and the rest of the cocktail people with HIV can live almost normal lives. Of course this is assuming that the infection is caught early and they live in a well developed country. Nonetheless, what this ***** did was sick and he should have had a more severe punishment for it.
  • SnowPuffKing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15So you'd be cool if McDonalds server you a burger with meat they knew was contaminated with e coli? Since you consented to the transaction all is hunky-dory huh?
  • inurb, on 10/12/2007, -12/+26He should be killed not jailed.
  • vblvbl, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17"(***** gun)"

    I fail to see how a gun that shoots ***** is going to make this situation any better.
  • merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15The only way you could get HIV from a chef with HIV, is if he bleeds a liter of blood into your food, and then doesn't cook it.

    Or, if you engage in intercourse with him. Or share a needle.

    As long as none of those things happen, it's perfectly safe to interact with a chef with HIV.
  • AshUK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12As this is Britain...

    Don't be silly, wrap your willy!
  • TheLoneWolf071, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14No glove, no love.
  • Afreyt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Then we need to make the death penalty cheaper. Maybe we can outsource it. China knows what its doing.

    As for this case, nine years is not long enough. This guy should not be allowed treatment or palliative care for his disease. THAT would be appropriate.
  • geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17With AIDS, not very long, bu this person didn't necessarily have AIDS, he has HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and people with HIV haven't outlived their drug regimes for the most part; they either die of other infections (people with HIV are often not the healtiest of people in the first place), cancer, or they die of car accidents, etc. Some computers have predicted people can live about 30 years on the cocktail vs roughly 10 without it.

    Besides that, he's in prison, which means he'll be getting his medicine on time, every day for his entire stay, courtesy of the State. Free HIV treatment to extend his lifespan beyond that what he would have lived /not/ in prison. Can't really beat that. I would have rather have seen this guy put to death, giving someone a deadly virus is as good as shooting them and watching them slowly (9 years) bleed to death. Then you have that person worrying about never having unprotected sex again, complications of getting married, having children, the simplest surgical procedures turn into a surgeon's worst nightmare, etc.
  • fuzzmeister, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Don't be a fool, wrap your tool!
  • dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Dugg down because your point was irrelevant. If you have a terminal disease that you infect someone else with that will kill them, you have committed murder essentially.
  • Enjoikr3w, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Because she doesn't know he has HIV. If he didn't know he had HIV that would be fine, but he knew and still didn't care...
  • klawz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@drfishy520

    YOU FOOL! RTFA! - She didn't know he had the virus.
  • Myko, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I think you're being obtuse here, I can't tell if it is deliberate or not. Here is a (bad) metaphor:

    Guy meets girl. They get along well. Guy offers to make the girl a 'great' drink. The drink has poison in it that will slowly, but surely kill whoever ingests it, unless they take expensive precautions for the rest of their life. Oh also they can pass the poison on, so they have to be careful with who they contact intimately from this point on also. And the guy doesn't explain all of this to the girl. The girl, eager to try some new drink, drinks it, gets the poison, and her life is now unnecessarily harder than before. It's kind of similar, if not the dumbest metaphor ever. Anyhow, if you can't see why he deserves jail time (more than 9 years, really), you're just being dense.
  • SnuKs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Before you beat that ***** with your baseball bat, make sure you wear your jimmy hat?
  • jobenly, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Did anyone else read "Man jailed after passing on HIV" and think this?

    Government: Do you want HIV?
    Dude: Nah, I'll pass.
    Government: Fine, you're going to jail.
  • thehuntedpossum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9that must be the most fool-proof way not to get raped.

    "hey, i got AIDS, that's what i'm in here for..."
    "fine get on your knees"
  • jexdawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8She didn't know he had HIV. The transmission of the disease was the crime, not the method of transmission.
  • glock22ownr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+129 years !?!??! That ***** should be hung upside down from a tree by his testicles, doused with kerosene and set on fire!! Scum sucking piece of *****! I hope he gets assraped with a 6cell MagLite in prison.
  • Gerz1219, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10@glock22ownr -- Of course, if he were to get ass-raped, he'd be likely to pass on his disease to the rapist, which is the very thing you want him hung by his testicles for. Or does the rapist then deserve to get infected, even though you've wished rape upon this scumbag?

    [edit: I just saw you wished Maglite rape upon this guy, which would not transmit HIV. Quite forward thinking of you.]
  • listrophy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11dude! dick move!
  • mikealao, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Sentenced to death for what? Both men and women are responsible for making sure that they take precautions when entering into sexual relationships. People should know that taking someone's word on something like that is not sufficient. If he hadn't gotten tested we would be saying that it was a different story. To me the problem here is that people entered into a relationship involving unprotected sex without getting tested first and making a commitment to each other.
  • petroK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I think it is wrong for an HIV infected individual (or an individual with any other STD) not to tell their partner. However this is a good cautionary tale for those who take the status of their partner(s) for granted, and for those who don't realize the value of safer sex practices even if you think you know the status of your partner.

    Which isn't to say this creep wouldn't have lied if she had asked... Just that every person should take the initiative to protect their own health
  • titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7FTA

    "The chef had denied culpably and recklessly failing to say he had HIV to the danger of the woman's life but was convicted of the crime in February."

    She chose to yes but did not know the danger
  • marko028, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6if u are having sex with aids and your partner does not know you can be jailed. a few years ago a man in NY state i believe, as revenge for becoming HIV positive went around having unprotected sex with women to knowingly infect them to get back at society. he was also arrested. he could have lied about his HIV, and albeit the woman could have been extremely careful and refused. who in all honesty expects someone would lie about something as severe as aids?
  • monospaced, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10How so?
  • OneAndOnlySnob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Speaking of individual responsibility, you have a individual responsibility to wear a condom if you know you have AIDS.
  • merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7That'd really be letting him off easy, wouldn't it? He's already got a death sentence. A long, slow, painful one.
  • aliendisaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I once dated a girl who wouldn't have sex with someone unless they would go get tested with her. She was crazy but smart. You never know whats hiding inside you.

    Get tested, get tested often, and if you get infected, protect the ones you love. It's not that hard.
  • HardwareLust, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If you don't know you have it, and you infect someone, you are just as guilty as someone who does know they have it and infect someone. As the old cliche goes, ignorance is no excuse.
  • Kotoyumu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah that guy had the responsibility of telling his sexual partners that he has HIV. I mean that is unresponsible and just freaking insane, to do that to someone else.

    This quote in the article is something quite strange:
    He also recommended Mola's deportation after he serves his sentence.

    WTF, so if he lives through the 9 years, and gets out, will he continue to be tolerant to other woman, and purposely give them the virus?
  • zeldafan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Because he didn't tell her he had aids.

    Edit: Damn that was a fast 4 responses.
  • rnwen2750, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4It is at least $300/year (at least in African relief programs). I have heard that basic treatment in the US can cost upwards of $3000/year.
  • noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I don't know why afreyt is getting dugg down. His first line was pretty damn funny and his second line is a fitting punishment.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Knowingly transmitting an STD without alerting your partner before hand is illegal and can also bring about some hefty lawsuits.
  • rnwen2750, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I have heard as well that the legal fees encountered in sentencing someone to death actually costs more than keeping them in prison for the rest of their life. See CkMaverick's message in the thread above this.
  • Gerz1219, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Look, if you're going to have unprotected sex with someone, demand that the two of you head to a clinic and get tested. Otherwise, you should operate under the assumption that your partner is infected and take all necessary precautions. "He looked healthy!" is not an excuse after the fact. Since he had prior knowledge of his status, this douchebag deserves his prison sentence. But since the sex was consensual, the woman bears some responsibility here.
  • CkMaverick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4More people need to actually read the article... It states clearly that she was unknowing and that he knew but refused to wear protection or tell his partner. If both of them had known then there would obviously be no problem here...
  • mikealao, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6So if he had never been tested and they had unprotected sex there would be no case?
  • GravitySpec, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8And what happened to individual responsibility? I he kept "refusing" to put on a condom then she should have "refused" having sex with him. No condom, no entry. I'll agree that the guy is slime and should have done the right thing, but it works both ways. She should have been diligent in protecting herself if she cared for her own well-being.

    I just hate when I see people jump for the... "he/she must be killed for their crime". Don't be so quick to deal out death and punishment.
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