HIV-positive man faces 2 murder charges for unprotected sex
Last Updated: Friday, February 25, 2005 | 11:47 AM ET
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Johnson Aziga is thought to be the first person in Canada to face that charge in connection with spreading the deadly virus.
The 48-year-old Ugandan-born man had earlier been charged with endangering the lives of his sexual partners, seven of whom later tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS.
The two first-degree murder charges were laid after two women in Toronto died, in December 2003 and in May 2004.
A variety of courts have ruled that if people don't know their sexual partner carries the AIDS virus, they cannot truly consent to sex.
As a result, the deaths of the two women are considered to have resulted from sexual assaults. That automatically calls for first-degree murder charges as opposed to lesser charges such as manslaughter.
The case returns to court on March 11.
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