New Zealand Court Jails Kenyan Musician on AIDS Charges

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New Zealand Court Jails Kenyan Musician on AIDS Charges

Reuters (12/22/94)

A New Zealand court has sentenced Peter Mwai to seven years in prison for having unprotected sex when he knew he was HIV- infected. Mwai, a drummer in a touring African band, was recently found guilty of six charges--one of causing grievous bodily harm and five of criminal nuisance after he had unprotected sex with five women. Two of the five women have since tested HIV-positive. Judge James Robertson told Mwai he committed a gross breach of trust when he did not inform the women he was infected.

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