Woman jailed for deliberately infecting lover with HIV

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A 43-year-old woman who deliberately infected a man with HIV was jailed today.

Sarah Jane Porter, of Seaton Close, Kennington, south-east London, was sentenced to 32 months at Inner London Crown Court after admitting grievous bodily harm.

Porter will serve half of her sentence in jail and the rest on licence.

One of her victims, a 36-year-old man, said she did not reveal she had HIV and encouraged him into having unprotected sex.

He contacted detectives in May 2005 who tracked down some of Porter's lovers.

One of them, a man aged 31, is HIV positive.

Porter, who refused to help detectives track down her victims, deliberately led these men into a potentially lethal "nightmare", according to Detective Sergeant Brian McClusky.

Forensic tests, carried out during the year-long investigation by the Community Safety Unit at Brixton, south London, proved that Porter was the source.

After the hearing, Mr McClusky said: "Once found, we were then introducing them (her victims) to a potential nightmare.

"We located four victims. One was infected, and the quality of his life has been severely curtailed. But for the others, there was still heartbreak and stress for them and their current partners as they waited for test results.

"It is hard to comprehend how or why Porter set about this deliberate chain of events.

"She gave us no help to identify potential victims throughout the investigation.

"We hope that by bringing this case to prosecution and the sentence handed out today, the victims will feel that justice has been done.

"If it had not been for their support and determination, we would not have been able to build this case."