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‘It was not the worst kind of rape’: HIV+ man appeals life sentence

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The victim did not contract HIV, so it could have been much worse, says a rapist trying to overturn his conviction.

The victim did not contract HIV, so it could have been much worse, says a rapist trying to overturn his conviction. 

While the high court conceded that a rapist was intelligent, in its sentencing it showed it did not think his defense was particularly clever.

The 44-year-old HIV-positive man from the small Eastern Cape town of Patensie argued that it was not “the worst kind of rape” because his victim did not contract HIV.

TimesLIVE has withheld the man’s name to protect his victim. Read More

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