An HIV-positive Toronto man found guilty in May of HIV exposure, has had his one year suspended sentence increased to one year in prison, following an appeal by the Crown at the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Apparently, “the sentence imposed by a Superior Court judge last May was outside the range of sentences for other HIV-positive offenders who’ve knowingly had unprotected sex and it failed to take into account the breach of trust.”

This is one of those cases in which incarceration is the only way to express society’s outrage, said Justice Eleanore Cronk, who wrote the decision.

“The respondent’s non-disclosure of his HIV-positive status meant that (his girlfriend) was essentially duped, for a prolonged period, into having sexual relations with (X), she said.

Interestingly, the original case failed to make the papers first time around. Article from The Toronto Star, below.