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Related: About this forumMan jailed for life after deliberately infecting men with HIV
A man who deliberately tried to infect 10 men with HIV was told by one of his victims: I would rather he had murdered me than left me to live my life like this as he was given a life sentence on Wednesday. Daryll Rowe, a 27-year-old hairdresser from Brighton, showed no emotion as he was told that he must serve at least 12 years for the determined, hateful campaign of sly violence during a sentencing hearing at the citys crown court.
The judge, Christine Henson QC, told Rowe he had acted with the full knowledge of the risk you posed to others in a deliberate campaign to infect other men with HIV. Unfortunately for five of the men you met, your campaign was successful.
Sentencing him on Wednesday, the judge told him: Many of those men were young men in their 20s at the time they had the misfortune to meet you. Given the facts of this case and your permissive, predatory behaviour, I cannot see when you would no longer be a danger to gay men. In my judgment, the offences, taken together, are so serious that a life sentence is justified.
Read more at:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/18/hairdresser-daryll-rowe-given-life-sentence-for-deliberately-infecting-men-with-hiv
Atman
(31,464 posts)912gdm
(959 posts)when he was charged, however I am confused about the sentence. The title says he is jailed for life
in the first paragraph it's stated that he must serve at least 12 years
in the third it says that the judge deemed it was so serious that a life sentence is justified.
I read the full article and it does not specify the final sentence?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)In some states, so I've heard,
someone sentenced to "life"
can appeal for parole after their 12 year.
Hopefully it's denied.
912gdm
(959 posts)So "life with the possibility of parole after 12 years"...
Gotcha, Ill chalk it off to not being familiar with the UK legal system and how the media reports it