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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

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

Adam Hall
Police officers said Adam Hall had shown ‘absolutely no remorse’ over his actions. Photograph: Northumbria Police/PA

A “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.

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