Friday, April 24, 2026 - A court has sentenced a 43-year-old man, Adam Hall, to life imprisonment for deliberately infecting seven victims, including two teenage boys, with HIV.
Hall was given a minimum jail term of 23 years after the
court found that he intentionally targeted young and vulnerable men between
2016 and 2023 in Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Prosecutors said he used online platforms and bars to
identify his victims.
The court heard that Hall, from Washington near Sunderland,
was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm on seven people, four of whom
he r@ped.
Prosecutor Kama Melly KC described his actions as a
calculated effort to cause harm, stating he carried out a “campaign of r@pe” to
“deliberately inflict HIV on the victims”.
Evidence presented showed that Hall had been diagnosed with
HIV in 2010 and was repeatedly warned by health professionals about the risks
of transmitting the virus.
He was said to be “well aware” of the need to take
medication to reduce infectiousness and to disclose his status to s3xual
partners.
However, he falsely claimed compliance while choosing not to
take treatment and deliberately exposing others.
Melly told the court that Hall targeted men who were
“vulnerable” and sought out high-risk encounters, adding that his “real s3xual
interest” was in causing “pain and harm”.
The prosecution stressed that HIV remains a “lifelong
irreversible condition” with “significant health risks”, requiring continuous
treatment.
For victims of r@pe, the impact is compounded, as daily
medication serves as a constant reminder “on a daily basis” of the abuse.
Victim impact statements revealed the lasting trauma
suffered by those affected.
One victim, who was 18 at the time, said he had been
“violated in the most horrific and dehumanising way” and continued to live with
the emotional burden.
“There are days when I feel like I am just surviving, not
living,” he added.
Another victim told the court he had been a “very carefree
17-year-old” before the encounter, but his life was “tarnished and altered
irreversibly”.
He said, “There is a massive hole in my heart for the life I
might have lived,” and described feeling he had “betrayed” his younger self.
A third victim said he had been “hurt in the most malicious
way”.
Judge Edward Bindloss criticised Hall’s refusal to attend
the sentencing, saying it reflected the same disregard he had shown “to the
suffering of others”.
He told the court that all the victims shared “sad and
moving stories” and that “They have all had their futures taken away, all
deliberately because of [Hall].”
Rejecting Hall’s claim that HIV was not a serious injury,
the judge described the virus as a “permanent and irreversible” condition
requiring lifelong treatment.
He added that Hall acted with clear premeditation, knowingly
keeping himself infectious while deceiving his partners.
The judge also noted that Hall failed to inform victims of
his status even after sexual encounters, denying them the chance to seek early
medical intervention.
On the r@pe charges, the court found that Hall acted
“selfishly with little empathy and no interest” in the wellbeing of his
victims.
Judge Bindloss concluded that Hall is a “dangerous” offender
who poses a “high risk of serious harm” to others.
Northumbria Police said additional individuals have come
forward since the conviction, and further investigations are ongoing.
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