HIV sufferer jailed for having undisclosed and unprotected sex

[Gan]

ADELAIDE An HIV-positive man who insisted that there was no clear evidence that the virus caused Aids was sentenced to nine years in prison for having unprotected sex with three women.

A South Australia state supreme court jury convicted Andre Chad Parenzee, 36, in January on three counts of endangering life by having unprotected sex with the women, whose names have been suppressed by a court order.

He appealed against the conviction on the ground that there was no conclusive evidence linking HIV to Aids.

Parenzee, who has been held in custody since his conviction, was sentenced after two courts rejected his appeal.

In his sentencing, Justice John Sulan said that Parenzee had not come to terms fully with the fact that he had contracted HIV eight years ago, or the damage that he caused. One of his victims, a mother of two, later tested positive for HIV.

Parenzee will not be eligible for parole for five years.

It is the latest in a series of cases in which people with HIV have been jailed for knowingly passing on the virus.

In April this year, a Scottish judge sentenced to nine years an Italian chef (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1620451.ece) who handed his lover a “death sentence” when he recklessly infected her with HIV and hepatitis C.

And last year, London receptionist Sarah Porter became the first publicly identified woman to be convicted of causing grievous bodily harm by having unprotected sex (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article676402.ece)after she infected her boyfriend with HIV.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2547647.ece
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The sentence needs to be longer. Or he needs bench warranted back for resentencing should one of his victims die from HIV/AIDS.

[AestheticDeath]

Makes you wonder when they will have national databases cataloging all the HIV/AIDs positive people. And all the other STDs....

Its funny they protect your right to privacy and can't tell people you have it, but if you pass it you goto jail. And they protect the womans identity who contracted it in this case, how ironic would it be if she passed it later?

[Methais]

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[Gan]

(CBS4) MIAMI Miami Beach police are asking that women who had unprotected sex with a popular club promoter come forward; 22-year old Elidor Kersaint is HIV positive and knowingly spread the disease to his sex partners.

One 20-year-old woman has already told Miami Beach police she had contact with Kersaint.

According to his MySpace page, Elidor Kersaint paints himself as a pretty popular guy on the South Beach scene who might have promoted himself in clubs including Opium, Prive, and Mansion. Representatives from the Opium Group say Kersaint was not an employee, but he may have worked with any number of third party vendors.

"I can unequivocally confirm that this individual is not an employee of the Opium Group," said Opium Group representative Vanessa Menkes in a written statement to CBS4.

On his MySpace page, there are dozens of pictures of him posing with club going celebs, and countless pictures of him with half naked women.

But police say Kersaint had a dark secret.

"He carries a 'pretty big stick' here in Miami Beach which is attractive for some people," said Bobby Hernandez with the Miami Beach Police Department. "Unfortunately he could have used that big stick, or attractiveness, to lure these women in to have sex with them and unbeknownst to them he has HIV."

The one woman who came forward told investigators she had sex with Kersaint on two occasions and he never told her he had HIV. Police fear there may be other women who had sex with Kersaint and are not aware that he was HIV positive. Miami Beach police are urging anyone who had a relationship with Kersaint to see a doctor and then contact police.

Kersaint, who has been locked up since last June, faces a minimum of five years in prison if convicted

At Jackson Memorial Hospital, Dr. Nancy Gutierrez , who specializes in HIV research, said "unprotected sex is a risk" in these times.

jm/sr
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http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_275112850.html

[TheEschaton]

This case is fucked. Like AD said, where does it stop?

[Sean of the Thread]

Only 5 years for that shit?

[Latrinsorm]

This case is fucked. Like AD said, where does it stop?Next thing you know they'll be prosecuting people for using guns on their bedroom partners.

[senorgordoburro]

It would be hard for a national database to be compiled, there would be tons of lawsuits over people not wanting there name put on it, and they could argue that it's not the same as the sex offender database due to the fact that they did not commit a crime, or that they fear possible negative outcome if it became public.

But in my opinion it is a great idea, just have to overcome the American spirit to bitch and moan about everything.