Richard, a 36-year-old man, was indicted for “administering a harmful substance”, “harassment” and “repeated sending of drugs to his ex-partner without knowing it. malicious messages “. He has since been released but placed under judicial supervision.
At the end of 2016, the young woman in question lodged a complaint. She discovers, during blood tests, that she had contracted the HIV. Panicked, she asks her companion for explanations, who admits to having hidden his HIV status from her for ten years. On Wednesday August 2, 2017, Richard was summoned by the authorities before being taken into police custody. He admits the facts and maintains “that he was so in love with this young woman, that he did not dare to admit to her his HIV status, for fear of losing her”, explains a source close to the case at Parisian. It is also the love that would have driven him to send many “harassing and unpleasant” messages after their breakup.
A man already known to the police
Ex-drug addict, Richard is already known by the police for cases of violence, theft, burglaries, narcotics, between 1987 and 2006. According to the Parisian, he would have found a new companion to whom he would have confessed his seropositivity. The investigation is continuing to determine if other willful contaminations have occurred.
A similar story in 2016 led to a 24-year-old American to be sentenced to 10 years in prison. The man had deliberately transmitted the AIDS to two of his sexual partners.
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