A man has been jailed for over four years for infecting a woman with HIV.
Luke Davis, 31, did not maintain his treatment for his ailment or disclose his HIV status to the woman.
Davis, residing on George Street, Kidderminster, received his sentence on Monday at Hereford Crown Court following his October conviction for inflicting grievous bodily harm.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Davis’s victim presented evidence during the trial revealing she had sexual intercourse only with Davis during the time she contracted HIV.
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She discovered she is HIV positive in 2021, after a routine screening.
In her account to the court, she stated she felt sick “as though my skin was crawling” after a diagnosis describing it as “the darkest time in my life”.
“I struggle to love myself as I see this disease as a part of me I can never get rid of,” she said.
“To me, it’s a life sentence as I will never be, or see myself, as the same.”
According to the CPS, Davis tested positive for HIV in August 2017 and started treatment the following January.
“Medical professionals advised him about the importance of taking his medication daily to keep the virus suppressed and prevent transmission,” it added.
Davis attended his last clinic appointment on 18 September 2018 and stopped his medication deliveries a year afterward.
Police discovered a pill bottle from September 2019 that still contained medication.
In 2021, Davis told his social worker that he had stopped taking the prescribed drugs.
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