 
September 10, 2008
Positive Man Gets 5 Years in Prison for Unprotected Sex
An HIV-positive man in London, Ontario, in Canada has been sentenced to five years in prison for having unprotected sex with a female partner without disclosing his HIV status, The London Free Press reports. The woman remains HIV negative.
The man, Edward Kelly, had already served a three-year prison term for not disclosing his HIV status to four women with whom he had sex. None of those women tested positive.
“I realize the severity of the crime I have done, and I realize what I did was wrong,” Kelly told Justice Johanne Morissette. “Hopefully, it will never happen again,” he said before correcting himself. “No, it will never happen again.”
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Jack, , 2008-09-28 14:49:39
Probably some sort of sociopath , no consious and no real promise not to do it again,Let him rot in jail
Maya, , 2008-09-12 14:38:38
I do think that since he purposely hid his status, then criminal punishment is warranted. I think the fact that none of them seroconverted should have been taken into account, though. What shocks me even more is that those women would just take someone's word at it that they had no disease and have unprotected sex--that is just stupid thing to do in this day and age.
Brandy, Oklahoma City, 2008-09-12 10:57:18
YES he did wrong and should have to pay the price BUT its our responsible to protect ourselves the women involved should have spoken up and used protection. Okay he didn’t tell them and that makes him wrong what if he didn’t know. Then who’s in the wrong there. . . ALL of them you cant live life expecting everyone to be honest about things, to be honest about anything, it is each person responsibility to take control of their life and PROTECT themselves
Flex, , 2008-09-11 17:27:53
Well if these woman tested negative they should have giving him parole time, not lock him up, and another thing these women decided to have unprotected sex it take 2 to tango use condoms always no matter if disclosed or not.
Michael, Haslett, 2008-09-11 16:56:34
I think that this is a good sentence for this man since he had done this before and had served time, since he did not learn the first time, and we must help protect all others. Just glad that none of these woman have tested positive yet.
TJ, , 2008-09-11 16:06:17
The point is Mr. Kelly knew that he was HIV positive and purposefully hid his status from someone with whom he was having unprotected sex. By doing so he prevented his partner from making an informed consent to having sexual contact, regardless to whether or not it was protected or unprotected. If you were going to have sex with someone (safe or unsafe) would you want them to tell you if they were HIV poz so you could then decide if you were going to go forward with it?
Nick, , 2008-09-11 13:29:05
If these women consented to sex without a condom they consented to risk...point blank!!!!
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