Johnson Aziga kills two women via AIDS

[brokenandtwisted]

Interesting crime, do you blame him or the women?

Lover's HIV trail laid out

Oct 21, 2008 04:30 AM

HAMILTON–Naïve and provincial it may be, old-fashioned, but there is still a presumption of trust in sexual intimacy, isn't there?

That profound harm – even unto loss of life – will not occur as a blindsided consequence of passion.

Johnson Aziga is charged with killing two women by the mere fact of having unprotected sexual intercourse with them. The 52-year-old is alleged to have copulated them to death, knowing but never saying that he was HIV-positive.

Those are but the brace of first-degree murder indictments to which Aziga has pleaded not guilty. His landmark trial, which launched yesterday, is believed to be the first instance in Canada where a defendant has faced the most severe of homicide charges stemming from an AIDS-related death.
He spread his seed wide over a period of several years, Crown attorney Tim Power told the court in his opening statement, outlining the anticipated evidence: Seven women purportedly contracting the HIV virus from Aziga, two of them dying from AIDS-related lymphoma, four others who have tested negative but exposed to the risk without knowledge.

The Crown will argue that's "causal'' enough, or potentially causal, to justify conviction on 11 charges of aggravated sexual assault.

Since the women were unaware of Aziga's HIV status, the prosecution maintains, they could not have entered into valid sexual consent. Equipped with that knowledge, they might never have agreed to a sexual relationship.

"When one hears of aggravated sexual assault and murder, one may immediately think of a violent rape scenario,'' Power told the jury, composed of nine men and three women. "This case is very different than that type of case.''

In this case, there was no force or coercion but there was, allegedly, betrayal, a man purportedly taking treatment for his own condition while neglecting to take any precautions that would protect his sexual partners, withholding his HIV-positive condition, even to the point, court heard, of reassuring one woman that he'd been tested and was negative.

"Valid consent cannot simply be to have sexual intercourse in this situation,'' said Power, launching what is expected to be a six-week trial before Superior Court Justice Tom Lofchik. "Rather, it must be consent to have intercourse with a partner who is HIV positive.''

Court will hear sex partners say they would never have consented to unprotected intercourse, had they known of the HIV risk. Taped statements were also obtained from two infected women not long before their deaths.

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[Nell]

The 52-year-old is alleged to have copulated them to death,

Copulated to death! Hahahahahahaha!

[Jaded]

Tough one. While I think he's a piece of shit for withholding the fact that he's HIV positive, the women involved had a responsibility to protect themselves. In this day and age, an adult should be well aware of the risks of unprotected sex. And the whole, 'Well he told me he tested negative?' That's bullshit. Don't women know that some men will say anything to get some nookie?

Did he intend to infect these women? Was it done with malice? (I tried to read on but can't get the link to load for me).

[Abroad]

The woman who asked has a case, I think.



At the same time, what is so bloody difficult about insisting on a French letter? Especially if you have every reason to believe the guy's been around?

[moonlilly1981]

The man knew that he had HIV, was being treated, didnt wear a rubber, and either lied or didnt disclose to these ladies that he had HIV. I agree he should be brought up on murder charges. Before having sex me and hubby went and got tested and when both our results came in we were together so that we knew. In this day and age you can never be to safe. My ex brought me home a std when I was pregnant with my daughter. I was mortified and said I would never leave myself vaunrable again.

[Etoile]

Time for an update: Mr. Aziga has been found guilty of two counts of first degree murder, 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault, and one count of attempted aggravated sexual assault.

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/614215

Canada doesn't have laws explicitly pertaining to HIV transmission, hence the aggravated sexual assault charges. (Apparently several countries consider it criminal, but use existing laws rather than new ones explicitly pertaining to HIV.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimina..._of_HIV#Canada

[Whisper]

I dont get the mentality of these freaks of nature. Heres a link to Carl Leone here in Windsor.He had unprotected sex with so many Health Unit and police literally had to advertise in papers and television.His parents are also now being sued b/c they knew he had HIV and brought girls home and had sex with them.Took longtime for this trial but its similar to Johnson Aziga http://criminalhivtransmission.blogs...women-for.html Hamilton is about 250 miles from Windsor,theres also 2 more in Canada did same thing,,but 1 has died from it and other ones still in the works of a law suit

[Wicked Doll]

The woman who asked has a case, I think.



At the same time, what is so bloody difficult about insisting on a French letter? Especially if you have every reason to believe the guy's been around?

French letter. That is a term I haven't heard in a while :)

[Pete Bondurant]

These stupid women died for this: