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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 09:29 AM Apr 2018

Man 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 city’s 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

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Man jailed for life after deliberately infecting men with HIV (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 OP
Seems only fair. Atman Apr 2018 #1
I remember hearing about this a few months ago 912gdm Nov 2018 #2
In some states, so I've heard ... left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 #3
Oh okay 912gdm Nov 2018 #4

912gdm

(959 posts)
2. I remember hearing about this a few months ago
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 12:41 PM
Nov 2018

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)
3. In some states, so I've heard ...
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 01:09 PM
Nov 2018

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)
4. Oh okay
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 01:12 PM
Nov 2018

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

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