HIV+ man jailed 60 years for rape

A 51-YEAR-OLD HIV-positive man was on Monday slapped with a 60-year jail term for raping his 10-year-old niece on three occasions, thereby exposing her to the deadly virus.

Presiding magistrate Never Katiyo heard that the rapist, whose identity has been withheld, also had unprotected sexual intercourse with his girlfriend on several occasions without disclosing his HIV status to her.

The girlfriend, whose identity could not be disclosed, since she is a victim, only got to know that her fiancé was on anti-retroviral therapy after she was summoned to testify in his rape trial.

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