Ohio man gets 5 years for giving wife AIDS

[The Straight Story]

Ohio man gets 5 years for giving wife AIDS
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:22 AM

CLEVELAND (AP) - An Ohio man has been sentenced in Cleveland to five years in prison for infecting his wife with the AIDS virus.

Authorities say the unsuspecting woman had a 14-year relationship with Fernando Castro. Her treatment was delayed because he never told her about his AIDS condition.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Timothy McGinty sentenced the 51-year-old Castro on Monday on his guilty plea to felonious assault.

Health officials said in court that had they known he was sexually active, they would have helped him tell his wife. But he claimed on hospital forms that he was single.

Castro apologized to his wife in court and asked for her forgiveness. She wants a divorce.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/09/aids.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

[Ernesto]

1. What a selfish prick...... nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. +2

[Bluebear]

2. Awful story. And awful reporting, you don't "give someone AIDS"

Also, the "AIDS virus" is a little archaic!

[Tailormyst]

4. Should be attempted murder

[cutlassmama]

8. should be

[joeybee12]

5. "She wants a divorce."

Is that all???? That last line strikes me as really understating what she wants.

What a dick...amazing that he basically lied to everyone for so long and got away with it.

[Edweird]

6. I would want a divorce too. That is if 'divorce' = 'head on a pike following dismemberment'.

'Felonious assault'? Are you kidding me?

[lame54]

7. I hope she gets at least 5 more years