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Man who raped young men and deliberately gave them HIV jailed for life

Adam Hall, of Tyne and Wear, will serve at least 23 years in prison, with victims describing lasting traumaA “callous, calculating sexual predator” who raped and deliberately infected young, vulnerable men with HIV has been jailed for life and told he must serve at least 23 years.Adam Hall, 43, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, is the second man in the UK ever to be found guilty of intentionally setting out to spread the virus. Continue reading...

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Sick sexual predator Adam Hall infected 'as many people as possible' with HIV - and he never said why

Adam Hall travelled the country meeting men for sexual encounters using the Grindr app, and as he faced jail for rape and deliberate transmission of the HIV virus today, it emerged that his youngest victim was just 15 years old

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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,&quot...

HIV predator Adam Hall infected men - youngest victim, 15, got call on school bus

The youngest victim of predator Adam Hall was told he was HIV-positive just after he climbed off the school bus. Now 22, they met when he was just 15 and he received the 'devastating' news when he was 16

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Rapist jailed for deliberate HIV infections

Rapist jailed for deliberate HIV infectionsJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBBCA "dangerous" rapist who deliberately infected five young men and two boys aged 15 and 17 with HIV has been been handed a life sentence with a minimum jail term of 23 years.Adam Hall, 43, wanted to inflict "pain and harm" on "vulnerable" men he targeted online or at bars in Newcastle between 2016 and 2023, the city's crown court heard.Hall, from Washington near Sunderland,...

HIV rapist who roamed UK to infect vulnerable males as young as 15 is jailed

Adam Hall, 43, has been jailed for life after travelling across the UK to deliberately infect men with HIV, raping some of his victims in order to infect them

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