Bashkirian resident who infected a girl with HIV will pay her one million roubles in compensation

Meleuzovsky District Court considered a criminal case against a local resident. He was charged under the article “Infection of another person with HIV by a person who knew he had the disease”. According to the press service of the court, due to the positive result of the test for HIV infection from July 2017, the defendant was registered with the state medical institution RB “Meleuzovskaya CRB” with a diagnosis of “HIV infection”. “On the day of his medical registration, he was informed in writing by hospital staff about the fact that he was diagnosed with HIV infection, warned of criminal responsibility for knowingly putting another person in danger of HIV infection or infecting another person with HIV infection, as well as the fact that HIV infection is transmitted to another person, including through blood or sexual contact without modern contraception,” the court was informed. Meanwhile, the man, realizing the illegality of his actions, foreseeing the possibility of infecting another person with HIV infection, knowingly knowing that he had the disease and not timely warning his partner about it, from July 2018 to August 2019 repeatedly had sexual relations with the girl, while not using a modern method of contraception. As a result of his illegal actions, the victim was infected with HIV. In assigning punishment, the court took into account the personality of the guilty, the circumstances of the case, the degree of danger to society and the nature of the crime, the impact of the punishment on the correction of the convicted. The court sentenced the man to imprisonment for three years conditionally, with a probation period of three years. The sentence also established not to change the permanent place of residence and work without notice of a specialized state body, be registered on certain days in a special institution. In addition, taking into account the financial situation of the defendant, the circumstances of the crime, the need for lifelong medical supervision and treatment of the victim, the court partially satisfied the civil claim of the victim for the recovery of moral damages from the defendant in the amount of one million rubles.

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