The Conviction of an African asylum seeker who was found guilt | Late Stage Ireland
The Conviction of an African asylum seeker who was found guilty of ‘intentionally’ infecting women with HIV has been upheld.
The now 31-year-old man who was jailed for 10 years in 2018 for giving the virus to two of his sexual partners, including his wife, cannot be identified to protect the identity of his victims.
The man – who had left a central African country to seek asylum here in 2008 and "was still in the process of seeking asylum" a decade later – launched an appeal against the conviction on the grounds that the verdict of the jury was “inconsistent with the evidence”.
Before passing sentence Judge Nolan said the man's behaviour was “grossly reprehensible” and that he had destroyed the two women's lives, leaving them requiring medication for the rest of their lives and condemned in their ability to establish future relationships.
During the original trial the court heard:
“He knew full well he was HIV positive. He was advised about having safe sex. He admitted that to gardaí and he was given anti-viral medication and he didn’t take it,”
The Irish Times also mentioned that he has a number of children here, but their mothers have said he does see them.
