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Inner London 2003
In 2003 an African with refugee status, was convicted in London of infecting two women with HIV and was given a prison sentence. This conviction was overturned on appeal in 2004 and he was retried.
Finally, after four trials and two appeals, he was found guilty of infecting one of the original two women. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. It was alleged that condoms were abandoned as he had told the women he did not like using them.
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