"Adam Hall was convicted of seven counts of causing grievous bodily harm and five counts of rape following a three-and-a-half month trial. He deliberately infected younger partners with HIV after meeting them in bars or on the dating app Grindr."
"Judge Edward Bindloss deemed Hall dangerous before jailing him for life with a minimum term of 23 years and 42 days. His victims were aged from late 20s down to just 15, with a schoolboy finding out he had contracted HIV in a phone call from health professionals."
"The Crown Prosecution Service stated that Hall failed to disclose his HIV status to his victims, who only learned of their infection after being tested themselves. Hall's actions were described as knowing and reckless, targeting vulnerable males for sexual activity."
Adam Hall, a 43-year-old man, was sentenced to life imprisonment for deliberately infecting sexual partners with HIV and committing rape. Convicted of seven counts of causing grievous bodily harm and five counts of rape, Hall's actions targeted younger individuals, some as young as 15. Despite being diagnosed with HIV in 2010 and receiving treatment, he failed to adhere to his medication regimen, leading to the transmission of the virus. Hall's case marks him as only the second person in the UK convicted of intentional HIV transmission.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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