A Disturbing 24 hours...
I was just sitting down to cave-in to few requests and discuss my views on the Cole inquiry into the Australian Wheat Board and their payment of $298 million to the Hussein Regime.However, more disturbing news came across my desk this morning...
We have previously discussed rates of HIV infection in terms of a daily basis...
11 a day in Canada
200 a day in China
Save the Children have just announced that 40 children in Uganda are born with HIV each day...
Let us head back to Australia now, in particular South Australia...
From memory this is the third such story that I have heard taking place in Australia since World AIDS day on December 1st 2005...
A HIV-positive South Australian man has been convicted of having unprotected sex with three women, one of whom became infected with the virus.
'Andree Chad Parenzee, 35, had pleaded not guilty in the South Australian Supreme Court to three counts of endangering life, but a jury took just 2 1/2 hours to find him guilty on all charges.'
Parenzee testified that he 'had not found out about safe sex until years after the diagnosis... he also said that he had used the "withdrawal" method in an effort to avoid passing on the virus.'
We are only aware of this because 'Judge John Sulan revoked suppression orders on Parenzee's name and image, saying he believed there was a public interest in releasing the information.'
Parenzee may face a maximum 15 years in jail for each count, is due to be sentenced tomorrow.
It's depressing to read about 40 children a day who contract HIV through no fault of their own, and then in the same day you hear about a man spreading the virus intentionally.
If Parenzee was not educated about how the virus is transmitted, then the state has failed him...
On the other hand, if Parenzee is just ignorant, he deserves the maximum punishment possible...
This story will obviously continue tomorrow...
posted by Mark @ 7:41 PM
1 Comments:
Now I know this will sound a little cynical, but perhaps that he just used that line as a defence and none of it is true. Unfortunately, both governements and criminals lie regularly.
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