Jonathan Aziga Won’t Admit He Infected Women

[chicot60]

A few years ago Jonathan Aziga made national news when he was convicted for knowingly having unprotected sex with women while he was infected with HIV. Aziga reportedly had sex with at least a dozen women while not wearing a condom and not revealing to them that he had the disease. Since then, two of his sexual partners have died from AIDS related complications and another 5 of them have tested positive for HIV or AIDS.

While the man was convicted in 2009, the 54-year old Aziga is now appealing the decision which found him guilty of two counts of murder and nine additional counts of aggravated assault. Aziga has clearly admitted that he did have unprotected sex with the women, but he is also claiming that there is no way of knowing for sure that he was the cause of the transformation of the disease and that the women could have easily caught the disease elsewhere. Aziga further cited that it was a science issue which was not proven.

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According to Aziga, the jury which was selected for him was not fairly balanced. He cited that there were no African Americans on the jury panel and that the court was racist in their decision.



http://www.ecanadanow.com/canada/2011/05/28/jonathan-aziga-wont-admit-he-infected-women/

[dishdude714]

Thats horrible....but i dont think the race of the jury had anything to do with it. If he had aids and they can trace it back to him having it when he was with his victims then whats the problem with the verdict.....jmo

[Pollypurabred]

Found this follow up article posted ~ 10 days ago:


http://www.nationalpost.com/scripts/Ontario+spread+testify+hearing/4806836/story.html
Ontario man who spread HIV to testify at hearing


Linda Nguyen, Postmedia News · May 19, 2011 | Last Updated: May 19, 2011 3:15 AM ET

HAMILTON . An Ontario man who knowingly exposed more than a dozen sexual partners to HIV, resulting in the deaths of two women, will tell his side of the story for the first time next week at a dangerous offender hearing.

Defence lawyers for Johnson Aziga made the surprise announcement Wednesday -the same day the Crown submitted a number of victim-impact statements to the court.

In 2009, a jury found Aziga guilty of two counts of firstdegree murder, 10 counts of aggravated assault and one count of attempted aggravated assault for having unprotected sex with women who were not aware of his positive HIV diagnosis.

The 54-year-old Aziga is the first person in Canada to be convicted of murder for willingly spreading HIV.

HIV can result in AIDS, a frequently fatal disease that attacks the immune system and can spread through the exchange of blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk.

Two of his victims -identified only as H.C. and S.B. -eventually died of AIDS-related cancers.

Another five of his sexual partners contracted HIV, while four other women tested negative.

In court Wednesday, Aziga sat quietly with his lawyers, with his feet in shackles.

The Crown played a video of S.B. less than a month before her death in December 2003.

"I simply don't have a life anymore," said the woman, who had thinning hair and hollow cheeks.

With her voice weak, the bed-ridden woman talked about how it saddened her to know she will not see her grandson grow up.

Earlier in court, Crown attorney Karen Shea read a statement written by the niece of H.C.

The young woman said she still feels like she lives with the ghost of her aunt, often times reaching for the phone to call her.

The niece said her aunt was forced to live in "isolation, stigma and shame" in the last year of her life.

"I watched the slow-motion murder of my aunt," she wrote, adding that hatred has consumed her life.

One woman who had unprotected sex with Aziga, then a top research analyst with the Ontario Attorney General, testified in court that she remains traumatized by her relationship with the native Ugandan.

She said when she found out Aziga had HIV, she and her current partner made a suicide pact in case their test results came back positive.

She described the twoweek waiting period for the results of the HIV test as "pure torture."

The woman had not contracted HIV, but said she still worries about it today.

"It messed me up so bad," the soft-spoken woman disclosed, in tears. "I just don't want to think about it anymore."

At the end of the testimony, defence lawyer Davies Bagambiire apologized to the woman on behalf of Aziga.

Next week, the defence is expected to call a number of witnesses, including Aziga's best friend, sister and a former co-worker. A medical expert is expected to testify on the psychological impacts of being exposed to HIV but not contracting the virus.

Aziga has been in custody since his arrest in August 2003.

If he is designated a dangerous offender, he will face an indefinite prison sentence until he is eligible for parole in seven years.

Following that, he can reapply every two years.