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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

'I was told AIDS would kill me in three years. Forty years on I'm still here'

The year was 1979. Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister, Sony Walkman players were flying off the shelves and ‘Bright Eyes’ by Art Garfunkel dominated the charts.

Life was just getting started for John Percy, who lived with his parents and worked at a local bingo hall. At 17, he had his whole future ahead of him.

But that future was transformed one cold winter’s night. John was walking home when he fell victim to a horrific attack – one that would change the course of his life forever.

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