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Bridget Haire, Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney

A man’s been convicted for spreading genital herpes. Here’s why that might backfire

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In an Australian first, a Canberra man has been convicted for giving genital herpes to a sexual partner.

The man pleaded guilty to the charge of “recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm”, which carries a maximum sentence of 13 years. He will be serving his 13-month sentence, handed down last week, under a community correction order.

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