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News Briefs Canada: Man Sent to Prison for Hiding HIV StatusJune 19, 2002 A judge sent an HIV-positive man to prison for 45 months yesterday for having unprotected sex with a woman and not telling her about his condition. Paul Charbonneau, 35, who worked as a prostitute in the late 1980s, has been in jail since his arrest in October 2001, two months after he plied a coworker with alcohol and had sex with her. Before sex, the woman never asked Charbonneau if he had any health concerns. But, according to Canadian law, it is the responsibility of virus carriers to inform potential sexual partners of their condition. Charbonneau now joins a group of about half a dozen men with AIDS or HIV who have been convicted of various crimes for having unprotected sex in Canada. The woman's two HIV tests have come back negative; her next test is scheduled in six months. Ottawa Citizen 06.19.02  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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