Man convicted of infecting two former partners with HIV given Supreme Court appeal

The now 33-year-old man was jailed for 10 years in 2018 when the State alleged that he was aware of his diagnosis when he infected the women

A trial had heard that the man was “reluctant” in 2009 to use contraception and had unprotected sex. A later analysis of the man’s medical records revealed he was diagnosed with HIV in 2008 and had received treatment, advice and medication. File photo

A man convicted of causing serious harm to two former partners by infecting them with HIV has been granted an appeal to the Supreme Court.

A three-judge panel of the court said the man’s appeal application raised legal points of general public importance concerning the nature and quality of evidence required to prove a charge of this nature to the criminal standard.