This is his second conviction, after he spent one year in prison for killing his wife after she was unknowingly infected with HIV. She died in 2005 of AIDs-related complications. Williams was charged with aggravated assault in that case.
His latest victim was his 51 year-old female lover, who was not made aware that Williams was HIV positive. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a person infected the HIV does not have to disclose their status if they have a low viral count, and they use condoms. If there is “significant risk of serious bodily harm” where an HIV positive person may infect a healthy individual without their knowledge, then it could be considered sexual assault.
CBC states that the court said that ” ‘significant risk of serious bodily harm’ should be read as requiring disclosure of HIV status if there is a realistic possibility of transmission of HIV.”
Source: CBC
