Rapist jailed for deliberate HIV infections

A "dangerous" rapist who deliberately infected five young men and two boys aged 15 and 17 with HIV has been been handed a life sentence with a minimum jail term of 23 years.

Adam Hall, 43, wanted to inflict "pain and harm" on "vulnerable" men he targeted online or at bars in Newcastle between 2016 and 2023, the city's crown court heard.

The victims said they had been "violated" and left with lifelong conditions and trauma, while Judge Edward Bindloss said "selfish" Hall had taken their futures away.

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