Enquiry into HIV Court Blunder (UK) [View All]

"A blunder has resulted in a witness learning he had HIV during questioning in a packed Leicester courtroom.

The man did not know lawyers had ordered a sample of his blood be tested for HIV, and only became aware he had the virus when a lawyer told him...

When asked about having HIV, the witness vehemently denied any knowledge of having the virus. He was then told a sample of his blood had tested positive earlier this year...

The Crown Prosecution Service had told police to give a sample of the innocent man's blood to a defendant's counsel. The lawyers then commissioned an HIV test.

The sample had been given to police for DNA testing in September following the witness's arrest on suspicion of an offence, for which he was later released without charge."

From:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/3744495.stm

Holy shit - poor guy! What a way to find out.

In case it's not clear from the snippet, basically he'd had to give a blood sample to Police for DNA testing whilst under investigation for a crime he hadn't committed. It was then somehow obtained by lawyers who tested it for HIV and then brought it up in court while cross-examining him.

People need to lose their jobs over this.