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A 32 year old man has been jailed for more than two years for infecting a woman whom he met online with HIV.<\/p>\n

Simba Kuuya had known about his condition for four years but kept it a secret from the woman and continued to have unprotected sex with her.<\/p>\n

The unnamed victim only discovered that Kuuya had the virus when their brief relationship ended and one of his former partners contacted the victim on Facebook.<\/p>\n

When he denied it, the woman went for a blood test, which came back positive.<\/p>\n

In a statement read to the court, the woman said the virus had had a ‘devastating’ effect on her and was something she would have to live with for the rest of her life.<\/p>\n

Kuuya, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has now been jailed for two years and two months after pleading guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm.<\/p>\n

Handing down the sentence, Judge Christopher Vosper told him: ‘Her life has been completely changed by being infected – something that could easily have been avoided if you had been honest from the start.<\/p>\n

‘You chose to conceal something from her that you should have been open about. The consequences have been devastating.’<\/p>\n

Swansea Crown Court heard Kuuya had HIV for four years before meeting the unnamed woman on the online dating site.<\/p>\n

The couple chatted online before exchanging phone numbers and meeting up in person.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Sue Ferrier said the woman only leaned Kuuya was infected with the condition after their brief relationship came to end.<\/p>\n

Miss Ferrier said: ‘One of his former partners contacted her via Facebook and broke the news to her.<\/p>\n

‘The victim confronted Kuuya about his medical condition but he denied it – however she sought a blood test at Singleton Hospital which came back positive.’<\/p>\n

Huw Rees, defending, said Kuuya had been in denial about his condition, which ‘sadly had consequences for others.’<\/p>\n

The court was told Kuuya has 14 previous convictions for 25 offences including burglary, assaulting a police officer, theft, affray, battery against his mother, and assaulting a partner by glassing her in face with a smashed tumbler.<\/p>\n

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