
Adam Hall's refusal to attend sentencing was "in keeping" with the "indifference" the rapist had shown his victims A "dangerous" rapist who deliberately infected five young men and two boys aged 15 and 17 with HIV has been handed a life sentence with a minimum jail term of 23 years. Adam Hall, 43, wanted to inflict "pain and harm" on "vulnerable" men he targeted online or at bars in Newcastle between 2016 and 2023, the city's crown court heard.
Main Idea: Adam Hall has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years after a court found he deliberately infected five young men and two boys with HIV and raped four of them.
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The case may worry US communities about sexual violence and the spread of HIV, showing how victims can face lifelong health and trauma costs.
The sentencing may reassure people that courts and police can punish deliberate harm and encourage more victims to come forward.
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