WINNIPEG - The Manitoba Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the case of a man with HIV who wants his conviction overturned for not telling six female partners about his condition.
Clato Mabior was sentenced in November 2008 to 14 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault, sexual touching and sexual interference.
His lawyer told the appeal court that testimony from two of the partners at Mabior's trial was unreliable and inconsistent.
The defence argued that none of the partners got the virus that can lead to AIDS and that the man's risk of infecting his partners was low, based on tests done at three-months intervals.
The Crown argued that Mabior should have disclosed his status to them because there was a chance one of his partners could have contracted the virus.
Mabior is facing deportation to his native Sudan once his sentence is up.
