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AIDS Murder Verdict-First in Canada

By David Lohr

Johnson Aziga, 52, on trial recently in Hamilton, Ontario, an hour's drive northwest from Niagara Falls, New York, was found guilty of murder in the deaths of two women who died from illnesses related to AIDS. In a precedent-setting case, Aziga became the first HIV-positive man in Canada convicted of murder for carelessly spreading the virus that causes AIDS by having unprotected sex with women who had no idea he was a carrier.  Aziga was also convicted of 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of attempted aggravated sexual assault.  Aziga, an immigrant from Uganda, had been employed with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. According to information from Aziga's trial, which began in October 2008, prosecutors alleged that Aziga engaged in unprotected sex with a number of women with whom he had previously worked at the Attorney General's office-two of whom have died?as well as with women that he had picked up in bars...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on April 07, 2009 (boomark / email).