No law on deliberate HIV infection: report

[James]

A Soweto man has been unable to lay criminal charges against his former girlfriend for allegedly trying to infect him with HIV, it was reported on Monday.

The 27-year-old man tried to open a case at the Dobsonville police station, but was told he could bring only a civil suit because there was no law to support a criminal case, the Sowetan reported.

"We don't have a [criminal] act that covers HIV or prevents an HIV [positive] person from infecting another intentionally,"...read more here: No law on deliberate HIV infection: report

[diabolus]

A Soweto man has been unable to lay criminal charges against his former girlfriend for allegedly trying to infect him with HIV, it was reported on Monday.

The 27-year-old man tried to open a case at the Dobsonville police station, but was told he could bring only a civil suit because there was no law to support a criminal case, the Sowetan reported.

"We don't have a [criminal] act that covers HIV or prevents an HIV [positive] person from infecting another intentionally,"...read more here: No law on deliberate HIV infection: report

So what does attempted murder mean? How's this different from poisoning someone and leaving the person maimed for life?

[Pooky]

And that picture?

[Tsar]

That could be abused if we had a law like that. :-/