23 Yr Old Man Denies Infecting Woman With HIV
In Magistrates Court this morning [Nov 19] a 23 year old man was charged with having sexual intercourse with a woman without telling her he was HIV positive.
The charge was that he sexually assaulted the 20 year old woman by having sexual intercourse with her without telling her he had HIV.
They both have tested positive for HIV, and the Court heard the couple are still in a relationship.
The man pleaded not guilty, and was remanded into custody by Senior Magistrate Archie Warner until his trial date of 25th November 2013.
Due to the charge being sexual assault, the defendant cannot legally be named at this stage of the proceedings.
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Wow!!!!!!
Crazy!!!!!!
He should be sentenced with attempted murder if it is in fact true that he knew he was HIV positive!
This is just sad all around
Say that person name. People need to get exposed
No. The names should be left out!!!!! Just think about it! If he is exposed she allegedly will be also. She’s only 20. Its a very sad situation.
So that her falt thats grimmy. you saying that she should have the oportunity to do it to some one else because she got it done to her.
The couple are still in a relationship!! They might as well shiddd!! But on a serious note this is really sad and i feel for the girl cause he is someone she is supposed to trust but on the other hand its tons of protection out there. It would be nice to name him so other females he has had sexual contact with that are unaware can get tested but at the same time this puts the young lady at the risk of being shamed. This is an all around sad situation.
What could The courts possibly do that’s worse than the life sentence he already has
People like this should be named.
what on earth for, so you can know and spread their personal business. why don’t you try and not be so god damn pokey. this case has nothing to do with anyone else but the people involved.
Well the man allegedly spread his personal HIV
Are you an a**. Name them to stop the spreading.
The public should know. What if people slept with the male or female in this instance…. Shouldn’t they know?
Having worked in the clinic. .. there is no need to publicly announce his name. When someone is found to have an STD or STI, especially HIV there is process done called contact tracing. With contact tracing the positive individual MUST supply ALL the names of anyone he/she has been in sexual contact with. The individual (s) will be contacted and tested as well.
This contact tracing procedure is completed in all testing centers.
If this gentleman has been sexually active with other females the females have been or are probably in the process of being contacted. However, she will not be told who may or may not have spread infection to her. Due to patient confidentiality agreement.
… practice safe sex & get tested!
usless you thing he will tell you all of them. we are dealing with humans. i can give you a few reasons why he may leave a few names off the list.
Because everyone he’s had relations with should be getting tested as well.
They should be getting checked/tested on a regular anyway if they’re sexually active! Perhaps this should be a reminder for people to wrap it up…. Can’t trust NOBODY.
Well let’s see what he allegedly did is illegal, that’s why. You know if guilty he’ll do a few years if none at all. You wouldn’t want to know who this person is?
if their business is so personal , why is it in the news … cause you really sound ridiculous , that’s why america names and shames, so people can be alerted to who is spreading a none curable disease … pray she doesn’t come onto to you if u are a male … because you never know what a persons got until you lust for them and get it …
This is awful! So whats the reason to protect is identify? If guilty, he’ll be out of jail in no time. Other females need to know who he is.
Wait…I’m still stuck on the point that “they are still in a relationship”…have I missed something?
He has allegedly given her a life sentence… She might as well stay with him. No one else will want to touch her.
Ignorance like this is the reason names shouldn’t be exposed.
I agree with you Darwin’s child: her name doesn’t need to be exposed to the Bermuda public because of minds like “Just Saying” how could he say something like that. I don’t care about the HIV guy, his name should be exposed for many reasons – first on the list is to protect other females. This is serious
I agree and understand BUT then its not just a slight issue; its a life conflict. And most are ashamed of it and won’t tell others. So its harsh but it’s worth being protected; even if it causes shame.
Rather give shame then death… (my opinion)
So you’d risk your health to be with her?
No, I would use protection until we had both be tested, regardless of who it was
That person said no one else would want to be with her if they knew. You said it’s ignorance as if you’d be with a girl knowing she had HIV. You know damn well you wouldn’t. For your argument sake, once those tests came back you’d split then too.
It is no longer a death sentence; it is a condition that can be managed. If I loved her then that would be a choice I would have to make on the facts. There are relationships that function quite normally where one party has a transferable disease.
I was commenting that a suggestion that the victim is now worthless to anyone else so she may as well stick with the guy as ignorance.
You sound like a fool if you wouldn’t mind having that “condition”. Managed or not. No sane person would want to risk their life for a “condition that can be managed”. Ain’t enough love in the world to consciously put your health at risk. It’s quite easy to play open minded online when you aren’t actually faced with that reality. Things change then.
That person didn’t say she was worthless, they said no one will want her(sexually). Most people wouldn’t and that’s just the truth. Maybe another person with HIV.
If you “love her” you wouldn’t have given her HIV in the first place!
You would be surprise who would want to touch her, especially since most males hormones run high …. jes buckle up with extra’s
Well don’t you think its safer for them to stay together?
Safer for him to be incarcerated.
IMHO She needs professional care to get over someone who allegedly knowingly exposed her to such a serious disease. Only 20-she has her whole life ahead to learn to make better choices.
A man allegedly infects you with HIV without having the decency to tell you he’s infected and you stay with him???
She may feel that no-one else wants her but, sorry-there’s no way I stay with a man after he allegedly hid such a life changing detail from me. It says a lot about his overall character. He should have been honest in the beginning and she may have still decided to go ahead with the relationship but it should have been her choice.
Also, infected at 23? God, that’s so young. I have an eighteen-year-old daughter and this kind of stuff scares the daylights out of me.
If they are really a couple, leave them alone to get on with their lives together.
And Victor, you are absolutely Correct….they should do so WITHOUT DISTURBING THE COURTS. This is a vexatious claim. There is no reason why you should pursue a criminal matter against the boy, and then continue pursuing a relationship thereafter. That only supports the idea that she has consented the act. Therefore, why are they in court? So you are right…Let them live their lives together.
Many females are in unhealthy relationships (no pun intended) with men that abuse them verbally, physically and mentally. Many women fall in love and marry murders in jail each year. Who knows why they are still together. Maybe she is in love with him and they are happy together. However, that does not make what he is charged with any less of a crime, and that is why he is in court. If he was speeding and intoxicated in a car with her in it, crashed the car causing her to die, would you say he shouldn’t be prosecuted because he was also injured or because they were in love??? Think about what you are saying?!
Terrible… just terrible. I feel for the both of them.
Wow
DAMN
so young, so sad
Relevant section of the criminal code:
(1) It is a sexual assault if a person—
(a) knowing that he has a sexual disease, does a sexual act which—
(i) involves contact between any part of his body and any part of the body
of another person (whether or not that other person is his spouse or
consents to the act); and
(ii) is capable of resulting in the transfer of body fluids to that other person;
and
(b) before he does the act does not inform that other person that he has the
disease, either identifying the disease or making clear to that other person
that he has a disease to which section 324 of the Criminal Code applies.
Although the Criminal Code makes this an offense and since I have not read the Code itself, maybe it should be mandatory that the accused provide the name(s) of any other persons they have been sexually involved with so that authorities (perhaps his or her physician)will notify those individuals to advise them that if they have not been tested, perhaps they should be.
At least this is a case that has come to light…..How many out there are sleeping with people that they DON’T know about……Fear of the unknown concerns me more…….
Yea, that is what should scare us!
Wow!
HIV is NEVER between “just” two people.Thats just a juvenile statement.
This is very unfortunate for these young people to be living with HIV but there are medications that will pronlong their lives…Parents need to encourage and teach their children to protect themselves, You cant blame anyone in this situation…. and she does love him to continue a relationship with him…. I am very sure that they are not the only young adults who have this decease If you read the health statistics its very high between 16-28 with HIV in Bermuda……All we can do is pray for them both and everyone else living with this dreadful Virus..
Thanks
Every time I c the girl n her baby I feel like shedding a tear for her she’s soooo young God……. These r the perilous times prayer is much needed for everyone in this situation
Well I hope they contact his previous sexual partners!
But yet “their still in a relationship” why are they even in court?! Someone obviously doesn’t care that much.
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!
They’re in court because he allegedly knowingly infected her without her consent. That is a crime.
Why are people concerned with revealing names so their other partners can get tested…. their other partners should be getting tested on a regular basis if they are engaging in unprotected sex. This is 2013 and it is widely encouraged to get regular std test done. It is very sad that they are so young but let this be a reminder to the youth of Bermuda that no one is immune to it. Parents, if your children are sexually active then get them tested annually…you don’t know what goes on when you’re not there.
allegedly sexually assaulted?? and still in a relationship?? help me here
I think the fact that he allegedly new he had HIV and didn’t tell his girl, they are calling it “sexual assault”.
I don’t necessarily think it’s ethical to name the people as there might be some kind of doctor-patient confidentiality or something like that. So that could be a potential reason as to why he is not being named.
However, this is a great example of the importance of STD testing! People are sometimes under the impression that things like this will not happen to them and then they unfortunately do.
Say that person’s name to protect others from catching it!
the only way to not contrtact any STD it is for people themselves to take action to protect themselves not naming someone. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES.
No, their names should be confidential. It is their problem and they are the ones who have to live with it and should be able to do so without having to also endure the stigma attached. Particularly for the young woman – by exposing his name, we know who she is. Each individual IN ANY EVENT should be practising safe sex and ensuring that their partner is safe. You shouldn’t rely on the courts or a newspaper or media outlet to tell you who is HIV positive. IT IS YOUR RESPONSBILITY.
I think that he should be named so that other young ladies will not fall for him and allow him to spread this hiv around again, that’s if he hasn’t already done it. *Imjustsaying*
Who is the complainant in this case?
They shouldn’t have to be named. That’s why they tell you and is smart that you and whoever your having a sexual relation with should get tested before and throught out your relationship. You shouldn’t sit around and wait until you see/hear that one of your previous partners have been tested positive for anything, to go and get tested.
THIS IS EASY.May I suggest if you are going to have a sexual relationship just ask the other party too have a blood test.
This will tale care of HIV and Sif both are killers if not tended to.
The rest of the STD’s will have to be on a truthfull conversation basis,
as some there is no CURE for.
It is your body and it is your health,YOU have to be PRO-ACTIVE.
what is needed is a had helded aids scaner
just pray he hasnt infected anyone else
The biggest lesson here is to get tested BEFORE engaging in unprotected sex. Had they done that, she would have been faced with a totally different set of circumstances. We all need reminding that it’s our own responsibility to be safe when engaging in sexual activity.
But no where in the article does it state he knew he had HIV, only says they both have now tested positive. Seems like an important fact to know considering the allegations. And how is that proven in court without violating his medical privacy? If others can testify they knew he had HIV then why didn’t the woman he was in a relationship with know it?
Funny thing about speculating…
How the fxck are you 23 with the monster? Smh on both ends..condoms?? People talk about HIV and AIDS like they are one and the same, they are not the same thing. HIV is the virus that infects a person. AIDS is the disease that later develops in people with HIV. AIDS, is really an acronym for “as i die slowly”. People have got to do better then this man. And it’s bermuda, rumors spreads like wildfire, It’s no need for Bernews or any other media outlet to post names. Bermudians do that on their own. what do you tell someone with this sort of thing? things will get better? bullshxt, life is done. unless you got magic johnson money you stuck with that for life
Just putting this out there…. Has anyone thought where the young man contracted this desease from? I would assume that it was transferred to him by another partner he may have had in the past. Would you maybe think that he should have that individual that gave hime his sentence prosecuted also? I think they should. Why not bring them all to court and find out if they all knew before they had relations with the next partner? Do you know how many people would be in court? Standing room only… Never the less, their names not be exposed. I agree with most when they write that each is responsible for themselves. When you make a choice, be prepared to accept the consequences, good or bad. You are responsible for yourself.
wow 23 years old which means he got it most likely when he was 18,19… omg what a sad sad sad sad state of affairs…smh
DON’T SLEEP AROUND IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!
OK even if the guy knew if had HIV, and didn’t tell her he had it, but they still had relations, HOW on earth is a LIE about having HIV considered Sexual Assault?? ESPECIALLY if they are still in a consented relationship?
allegedly did it knowingly, if guilty neuter the pric*
Bernews,
He went to trial yesterday….do you know what was the result of his trial?