A HIV positive man has been arrested for infecting two women with the virus by having unprotected sexual intercourse with them without telling them about his condition.
A court heard the women were ‘devastated’ to find out they had caught the virus after going for blood tests.
Judge Huw Davies QC said, “You were selfish to a degree which beggars description. You deceived, quite deliberately, one person after another in ways that damaged their lives with lasting consequences. The harm to these victims was of the worst kind.”
The 28-year-old suspect, Mweetwa Muleya, was jailed for seven years.
One of the victims, who is known as Miss B, said Muleya had destroyed her life.
According to Muleya, he tested positive of the virus at 15 but his mother kept it away from him until he was almost 19 years old.
Muleya, of Matthew Street, Swansea, who came to the UK from Zambia in his teens, was given anti-retroviral medication to control the virus and advice on how to stop its spread.
According to Metro UK, he was told it would be a crime to have unprotected sex with someone and not disclose his positive status.
However, Swansea Crown Court heard Muleya fell into a lifestyle of drink and drugs and lapsed when it came to sexual health check ups.
The suspect claimed he had used protection during sex escapades with both women.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of causing of GBH in May this year.
He was sentenced to seven years in prison, and handed an extra six months for unrelated drug offences.
