Man guilty of infecting boyfriend with HIV quoting : Newstalk ZB

A man accused of infecting his boyfriend with HIV has been found guilty. The defence said the complainant was untrustworthy, he could've got the virus from someone else, and Filitonga told him he was positive before they had intercourse. After almost seven hours of deliberations, the jury found Filitonga guilty of both charges. The Crown said the 37-year-old - knowing he was positive and fully aware of his obligation to disclose his health status - had unprotected sex with his boyfriend from February 2014. This caused his partner, who has name suppression, to contract HIV.




The complainant said he asked Filitonga about his HIV status and he told him he'd had a test three months earlier and was negative. After almost seven hours of deliberations, the jury found Filitonga guilty of both charges. The jury was shown texts from the man to Filitonga that October in which he asked what his sickness "really is". Amelia Wade is a court reporter for the New Zealand HeraldA man accused of infecting his boyfriend with HIV has been found guilty by a jury. And while he didn't want to make the trial a "mud-slinging match" both men had unprotected anal sex with casual partners.

Man found guilty of knowingly infecting partner with HIV

Man found guilty of knowingly infecting partner with HIVSUPPLIED Mikio Filitonga was found guilty of knowingly infecting partner with HIV. READ MORE:* Crown says it's 'implausible' that man knew his boyfriend had HIV* HIV man: 'My life has been cut short'* Woman wins ACC after lover hid HIV* Man injects sleeping wife with HIVThe jury returned its unanimous verdicts at 5.30pm. An Auckland man has been found guilty of knowingly infecting his partner with the HIV virus. In West Auckland, in 2009, a man was jailed for more than three years after infecting his female partner of two years with HIV. In 1994 Kenyan musician Peter Mwai was jailed for seven years after having unprotected sex with five women, infecting two with HIV.


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