HIV positive child abuser jailed for breaching order

An HIV positive man has been jailed for starting a relationship without telling his new partner he was infected.

James Defalco, 57, of Seaway Court, Brixham and formerly of Whitstone, near Exeter, admitted two breaches of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.

Defalco was jailed for two years and eight months by Judge Paul Cook at Exeter Crown Court.

The order requires him to tell partners about his HIV status and about a previous conviction for child abuse.  Read More