A transgender prostitute who recklessly infected a client with HIV will not be deported back to New Zealand following a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The pair engaged in unprotected sex over about eight months but after the victim was diagnosed P. Judge Stevenson said P. Mr Boyle however accepted P. Mr Boyle said the possibility of P.
Mr Boyle found the Australian community would expect P. Mr Boyle further found P. A transgender sex worker who passed on HIV when she had unprotected sex with a man has had her sentence of six years in a male prison slashed to four years. X, who identifies as a woman and is known as XX, was sentenced in the West Australian District Court earlier this year for causing grievous bodily harm.
She took her case to the WA Court of Appeal, arguing the term was manifestly excessive, and on Thursday the judges unanimously agreed it was severe. The court previously heard X had visited the WA Substance Users Association in August to get tested for sexually transmitted infections and was later told there was a positive indication of HIV.
She never returned follow-up phone calls or messages and continued to advertise sexual services online. X met the victim soon after and continued to see him until August , telling him she was regularly tested for diseases.
Perth woman X has been sentenced to serve six years, with a non-parole period of four years, after being found guilty of committing Grievous Bodily Harm for transmitting HIV. X will be returned to a male prison, despite being a transgender woman. X has to date served days in custody in a male prison, which will be counted towards her final sentence.
