Man guilty of rape and deliberate HIV infections
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📌 Key Takeaways
- A man was found guilty of multiple rape charges.
- He deliberately infected victims with HIV.
- The case highlights intentional transmission of the virus.
- Legal proceedings addressed severe criminal misconduct.
A judge says Adam Hall, 43, faces "a very long sentence" after being convicted of multiple offences.
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Crime, Health
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Man guilty of rape and deliberate HIV infections 38 minutes ago Share Save Duncan Leatherdale North East and Cumbria Share Save This article contains details some people may find distressing A man has been found guilty of rape and deliberately infecting seven men, one who was just 15, with HIV. Adam Hall, 43, targeted young men he met online or at bars in Newcastle and had unprotected sex with them without telling them of his status, the city's crown court heard. He was found guilty of raping four men and intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm upon them and three others. Police believe there could be more victims. Hall, from Washington, near Sunderland, who prosecutors said set out to wreck lives, was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a later date. The court had heard Hall was diagnosed with HIV in August 2010 for which he was prescribed medication to keep the virus at undetectable, or non-infectious, levels. 'Knew what he was doing' Prosecutors said Hall, who liked to be "dominant" sexually, intended to deliberately wreck the lives of the complainants between 2015 and 2023 by not telling them of his diagnosis and knowingly having unprotected sex with them while not taking his medication. He had claimed his sexual preference had been "weaponised" against him and HIV was not serious harm . One of the victims, none of whom can be identified, was 15 when Hall infected him, with the others in their late teens and early 20s, the court had heard. The 97-day long trial began in November, with jurors taking 42 hours and 51 minutes across nine days to reach a mix of unanimous and majority verdicts on 15 counts. When she opened the trial, prosecutor Kama Melly KC said Hall sought out "young and vulnerable men" and "knew precisely what he was doing when he passed this virus on" to them. Speaking outside court after the verdicts were announced, Det Ch Insp Emma Smith, from Northumbria Police, said Hall was a "callous calculating sexual predator". "He has shown...
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