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.
Hall, from Washington near Sunderland, was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on seven victims, four of whom he raped.
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