Canadian man convicted of knowingly exposing women to HIV gets 18 years in prison
WINDSOR, Ontario – A man convicted of aggravated sexual assault for exposing women to the virus that causes AIDS was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison.
Carl Leone, 32, pleaded guilty to 15 counts last April after failing to inform his sexual partners of his HIV status. Leone discovered he was HIV positive in 1997, seven years before he was arrested in June 2004.
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According to court records, five of the 15 women Leone assaulted have tested HIV positive, and all stated they would not have consented to having sex with them had they known he had the virus.
On Friday, Superior Court Justice Joseph Quinn handed Leone 15 consecutive sentences totaling 49 years in prison, but he reduced the sentence to 18 years to better reflect sentencing guidelines laid out in Canada's criminal code.
翻译:
(责任编辑:)