A fitness trainer who knowingly infected two unsuspecting young women with HIV has been jailed for five years.
Simon James was awarded the sentence by a Bristol court in United Kingdom for failing to tell women with whom he had unprotected sex that he had HIV.
The 46 year old contracted the HIV virus in 1995 and was supposed to be taking medication to lower the risk of him passing it on.
Simon, in his defence, told the court that he did not wear condoms because he was allergic to latex and condoms did not fit in.
The prosecution told the court that ” Simon told her first girlfriend he was HIV positive, but he also told her that he took medication, that the virus was undetectable in his system and that he was therefore safe and non-infectious.
“She believed him, accepted what he said, and their relationship and sex life continued as before.”
But she found out she had HIV after they split up.
Just after a few months Simon started dating another woman and had unprotected sex with her multiple times. She was later told by her ex-girl friend that he had HIV.
But when the complainant confronted him, he once again said he was not infectious, and they continued to have sex without condoms.
She later found out even she had contracted HIV .
He later admitted he had the virus but insisted the medication he was taking eradicated any risk of the women contracting it.
But he was not taking medication or attending hospital appointments during the time he had unprotected sex with the women, the court was informed.
He was found guilty of two counts of grievous bodily harm by recklessly transmitting HIV following a trial in October.
That was a wicked act… She should have got life!!!
It is so hard to feel any compassion for these two idiots. Some guy tells you that he has non infectious HIV and you continue riding him bareback??? CHUPPPZZZZ. I imagine that this is part of the reason why this jerk only got 5 years. Both women should also be jailed for 5 years for their stupidity. I’m reading more and more about ppl intentionally infecting others so I know many more stories like this will surface in the coming months.
Marie he got five years because that is probably the maximum the judge could give based o the charge.The british courts normally give no more than three years for things like this. I agree these women stupid beyond belief but he probably targeted them for that very reason.
I don’t believe the british courts really want to sentence people for this type of crime as it places too much responsibility on the infected person and too little on the uninfected one. IMO This have many gray areas and the courts would be aware of the range of human behaviors at work in cases like this. for example, even if he did disclose his status to these women and they still had unprotected sex with him and then lied that he didnt tell them after they broke up, who is going to believe him? The court has to rule in favour of protecting the public and sending a message that this type of behavior is unacceptable but at the same time, they are also sending a message that, even if they were to give this person a life sentence these two grown ass women who could have protected themselves would still have the virus, therefore getting HIV and running to the courts after, is just a formality. Protect yourselves!