Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Court told man bragged about infecting people with HIV

Court told man bragged about infecting people with HIV

Michael Neal is charged with infecting two men with HIV. (ABC TV)

A Melbourne jury has been told it will hear of some bizarre sexual practices, in the trial of a man charged with infecting people with HIV.

Forty-nine year old Michael Neal, from Coburg, is charged with infecting two men with HIV, and attempting to infect 12 others.

A County Court jury has been told Mr. Neal lied about his HIV status and drugged some men to persuade them to have unprotected sex.

The court has heard Mr Neal deliberately tried to infect people, sometimes at parties called 'conversion parties".

It heard Mr. Neal told one man, he gets off on infecting people and bragged to another he had made 75 people HIV positive.

The jury was warned about the graphic nature of the evidence and was told it should put aside any feelings of sympathy or prejudice.

The court heard one of the men infected, had been besotted with Mr Neal.

As part of their master-dog relationship, he had registered himself as a rottweiler with his local council and had given his dog tags and collar to Mr Neal as a gift.

The defence argues Mr Neal did attempt to infect anyone, and that the two men who contracted the virus, could have caught it another way.

The defence told the jury Mr Neal made some outrageous and incredible claims, and that it will have to distinguish fact, from sick fantasy.

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