My rapist deliberately gave me HIV. I was just 15

My rapist deliberately gave me HIV. I was just 1513 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMegan PatersonNorth East and Cumbria Investigations BBCOne of Adam Hall's victims said he did not understand what his diagnosis meant (posed photo with actor)Getting off the school bus one Thursday afternoon, Sam received a call which changed his life.The sexual health nurse on the other end of the phone told the 15-year-old he had been given HIV."In that moment, everything shattered," Sam, whose name has been changed by the BBC to protect his identity, recalls several years on."I had no understanding of what that meant, I thought it was potentially a death sentence."Sam had been deliberately given the virus by the man who also raped him.He is one of seven men to have been targeted by Adam Hall, who was jailed for life with a minimum term of at least 23 years after being found guilty of multiple offences following a lengthy trial at Newcastle Crown Court.Hall, from Washington, had met Sam on a dating app. He did not tell the teenager about his HIV diagnosis or that he was not taking the medication which could have kept his virus at non-transmissible levels.Northumbria PoliceAdam Hall was found guilty of rape and inflicting grievous bodily harm against seven men, including a teenage boy we are calling Sam"I just felt like I had my rights taken away, I feel just a sense of, from the beginning, being lied to," Sam says. "Being just young and vulnerable at the time and having that taken advantage of, just having my right to decide to consent taken away, it was a massive rollercoaster but it was just constantly downhill."The young and vulnerable man says he did not fully understand what the diagnosis meant at first."I was mortified not only at the situation, but at myself," he recalls."How has this happened to me? I felt like I was sinking. It was really just devastating."Adam Hall met victims in bars in Newcas...