By Andrew Young-
An evil predator who deliberately spread his HIV to four men has been jailed for eight years in Scotland.
27 year old Hairdresser Daryll Rowe, intentionally sought out to have unprotected sex with various partners, knowing fully well that he had the virus and was exposing them to the risk of infection. He withheld the truth about his deadly disease, and refrained from using condoms with his partners.
He even on occasions tampered with condoms when some of his victims had insisted on its use, ruining their lives just to vent an anger he had, and ”a need to control”. Rowe had met the various partners online and seduced them without any consideration for their health.
One of the men went on to contract HIV as a result of the “utter callousness” of Rowe’s actions.
He was originally found guilty at Lewes Crown Court in November of five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, and another five of attempting to do so. He admitted four more offences to other victims today.
One of his victims told the court that his encounters with Rowe – who would goad the men with abusive text messages after meeting them – had left him contemplating suicide.
“I think about committing suicide all the time,” said the man, who is now HIV-positive.
“I don’t feel I can trust anyone. Daryll has destroyed my life. I would rather he had murdered me than left me to live my life like this.”
Another victim, who also tested positive for HIV, said: “How did this happen? My parents died of AIDS and I did everything to prevent contracting HIV. I tried to take my life with my HIV medication.”
Rowe had sexual intercourse with eight different men in Brighton before being arrested by Sussex Police after two HIV patients at a sexual health clinic gave identical descriptions of the person from whom they had contracted it.
It led the force and health officials to publish a warning urging gay men who had sex with “a man in his 20s with a Scottish accent” to get tested. The victims began rolling out then. The revelation is a warning to those who indulge in unprotected sex, to always take precautionary measures when becoming intimate with a stranger. In fact, it is not advisable for people to have sex with people they have met online when they do not know them well enough to get so intimate.
Individuals who freely and loosely have unprotected sex with others they do not know very well are reckless and unwise. Darryl’s victims are now on a life sentence, but there if treated early, HIV can be contained without developing into full blown aids
