NGONGE Posted May 6, 2004 Don’t let anyone tell you that us Somalis don’t “invent” things. At least in the UK, we’re the pioneers of Biological GBH! :eek: From the BBC site: A man jailed for eight years for inflicting "biological" grievous bodily harm by infecting two lovers with HIV has won the right to a retrial. The Court of Appeal in London quashed Mohammed Dica's convictions, but refused to release him on bail pending retrial in about six weeks. Mr Dica, from Mitcham, south-west London, was convicted at Inner London Crown Court on 14 October. He was found guilty under section 20 of the Offences Against the Person Act. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, sitting with Lord Justice Judge and Mr Justice Forbes, ruled on Wednesday that the judge at Dica's trial should not have withdrawn from the jury the issue of whether the women consented to intercourse, knowing Dica was HIV positive. Judge Philpot had held that consent was irrelevant and provided no defence because, under legal precedent, the women had "no legal capacity to consent to such serious harm". Mr Dica was the first person in 137 years to be convicted in England and Wales for sexually transmitting a disease. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
