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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Wilkinson

Sunderland man jailed for at least 23 years for deliberately infecting partners with HIV

Adam Hall has been sentenced for rape and causing grievous bodily harm - (Northumbria Police)

A man has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 23 years, for deliberately infecting sexual partners with HIV and raping some of his victims. Adam Hall, 43, was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court on Thursday.

Hall, from Donvale Road, Washington, Tyne and Wear, was convicted in March of seven counts of causing grievous bodily harm and five counts of rape following a three-and-a-half month trial at the same court.

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