TORONTO -
For the most part, Ian Williams feels sorry only for himself.
There are now at least four women who have been duped by the serial deceiver who seems determined not to reveal his HIV-positive status when he has unprotected sex with ladies he romances. And for the second time in six years, the 50-year-old former bouncer is heading to prison.
But this time, thanks to changes in the immigration laws, the Trinidad-born permanent resident is also facing deportation when he finishes serving his six-year sentence.
The tearful father of two spent most of the morning trying to decide if he would go ahead with his guilty plea to two counts of aggravated sexual assault, telling the court it would be akin to a death sentence if he’s then sent back to Trinidad where he won’t receive the health care he needs.
In the end, Williams did the right thing and accepted responsibility. Sort of.
“I feel very sorry for them people that I put that fear in them because I’m afraid, I’m afraid to be rejected,” he said through his sobs after pleading guilty before Justice John McMahon.
Diagnosed with HIV in 1996, Williams complained he was lonely and has been shunned by family and strangers alike as soon as they learn of his status. “It is inhumane,” he wept. “It’s very cruel.”
www.torontosun.com/2012/11/23/serial-hiv-infector-ian-williams-pleads-guilty
For the most part, Ian Williams feels sorry only for himself.
There are now at least four women who have been duped by the serial deceiver who seems determined not to reveal his HIV-positive status when he has unprotected sex with ladies he romances. And for the second time in six years, the 50-year-old former bouncer is heading to prison.
But this time, thanks to changes in the immigration laws, the Trinidad-born permanent resident is also facing deportation when he finishes serving his six-year sentence.
The tearful father of two spent most of the morning trying to decide if he would go ahead with his guilty plea to two counts of aggravated sexual assault, telling the court it would be akin to a death sentence if he’s then sent back to Trinidad where he won’t receive the health care he needs.
In the end, Williams did the right thing and accepted responsibility. Sort of.
“I feel very sorry for them people that I put that fear in them because I’m afraid, I’m afraid to be rejected,” he said through his sobs after pleading guilty before Justice John McMahon.
Diagnosed with HIV in 1996, Williams complained he was lonely and has been shunned by family and strangers alike as soon as they learn of his status. “It is inhumane,” he wept. “It’s very cruel.”
www.torontosun.com/2012/11/23/serial-hiv-infector-ian-williams-pleads-guilty
