Criminal Liability for Transmission of Herpes Simplex Virus

摘要

On 18 July 2011 at the Crown Court at Northampton, the appellant, Golding, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm contrary to s. 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. On 9 August 2011, he was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment. The appellant was a man of previous good character, who met the complainant, CS, in July 2009. Their relationship developed into a sexual one and by September CS had become ill and was diagnosed with Genital Herpes Simplex type 2 (HSV-2). The appellant had first been referred to a sexual health clinic with herpes in June 2007 with repeated visits in subsequent years. CS had not previously suffered from herpes.