A young husband with the consent of his wife, underwent a sterilisation operation, not so as to avoid the risk of transmitting a hereditary disease, or something similar, but to enable him to ‘have the pleasure of sexual intercourse without shouldering the responsibilities attaching to it’.
Held: Denning (dissenting): Such an operation was plainly ‘injurious to the public interest’.
Lord Denning
[1954] 3 All ER 59
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Cited – Regina v Dica CACD 5-May-2004
Reckless HIV transmission – Grievous Bodily Harm
The defendant appealed against his conviction for inflicting grievous bodily harm. He had HIV/Aids, and was found to have transmitted the disease by intercourse when the victims were not informed of his condition. It was not suggested that any rape . .
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Updated: 15 October 2021; Ref: scu.196592
