Overview
- Adam Hall, who was sentenced Thursday, received life in prison with a minimum term of 23 years and 42 days, will be eligible for parole at 67, and must remain on the sex offenders register for life.
- A jury convicted the 43-year-old of 22 offences, including five rapes and seven counts of grievous bodily harm for intentional HIV transmission, in only the second such UK conviction.
- Prosecutors said he stopped adhering to HIV medication from 2016, hid his status, and sought unprotected sex with young and often vulnerable men he met on dating apps such as Grindr.
- Investigators presented blood sample comparisons linking victims’ infections to Hall, and the court also found him guilty of supplying the drug GHB and refusing to unlock his phone.
- Northumbria Police say inquiries continue and urge anyone with concerns to contact police and local sexual health services for testing, noting that dating app anonymity complicates tracing potential victims.