A hair salon receptionist was jailed yesterday after she admitted knowingly infecting a boyfriend with HIV.
Sarah Jane Porter, 43, was sentenced to 32 months for deliberately passing on the virus by having unprotected sex with a lover. Her 31-year-old former boyfriend, a dance music promoter and DJ, was so upset when he received the diagnosis that he attempted suicide.
Porter, from Kennington, south London, who has a six-year-old child, knew she was HIV-positive when she started a two-year relationship with the man in 2001.
The boyfriend, whose name has not been made public, said he considered Porter to be "pure evil" after she led him to believe he had infected her with the virus.
Inner London Crown Court heard that the receptionist for Vidal Sassoon, had been found by a psychologist to be in denial about her illness and was fearful of the social stigma attached to it.
Judge Quentin Campbell, sentencing Porter, said: "Your victim was devastated that a person whom he loved and respected - you - had lied to him time and time again by your words and actions. Your cruelty and dishonesty made him feel worthless."
The court heard that concerns about Porter's conduct were raised by another boyfriend, a 36-year-old man, who told police in May 2005 that she had encouraged him to have unprotected sex with her. He was told later that she was HIV-positive.
When Porter refused to co-operate in identifying other potential victims, police searched her home and found documents which led them to the DJ.
Tests proved she was the source of the infection.
Detective Sergeant Brian McClusky, a Metropolitan Police community safety officer, who led the year-long investigation, said: "It is hard to comprehend how or why Porter set about this deliberate chain of events. She gave us no help to identify potential victims throughout the investigation."
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Sarah Jane Porter, 43, was sentenced to 32 months for deliberately passing on the virus by having unprotected sex with a lover. Her 31-year-old former boyfriend, a dance music promoter and DJ, was so upset when he received the diagnosis that he attempted suicide.
Porter, from Kennington, south London, who has a six-year-old child, knew she was HIV-positive when she started a two-year relationship with the man in 2001.
The boyfriend, whose name has not been made public, said he considered Porter to be "pure evil" after she led him to believe he had infected her with the virus.
Inner London Crown Court heard that the receptionist for Vidal Sassoon, had been found by a psychologist to be in denial about her illness and was fearful of the social stigma attached to it.
Judge Quentin Campbell, sentencing Porter, said: "Your victim was devastated that a person whom he loved and respected - you - had lied to him time and time again by your words and actions. Your cruelty and dishonesty made him feel worthless."
The court heard that concerns about Porter's conduct were raised by another boyfriend, a 36-year-old man, who told police in May 2005 that she had encouraged him to have unprotected sex with her. He was told later that she was HIV-positive.
When Porter refused to co-operate in identifying other potential victims, police searched her home and found documents which led them to the DJ.
Tests proved she was the source of the infection.
Detective Sergeant Brian McClusky, a Metropolitan Police community safety officer, who led the year-long investigation, said: "It is hard to comprehend how or why Porter set about this deliberate chain of events. She gave us no help to identify potential victims throughout the investigation."
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