International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 20, Number 8 > Pp. 587-589

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The first case of criminalization of transmission of hepatitis B in the UK: defendant sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on the grounds of hepatitis B deoxyribonucleic acid sequencing

K Mohanty CPE (LL.B) LL.M 

Department of Genito-urinary Medicine & Sexual Health, Darlington Memorial Hospital & Permanent Member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (High Court of Justice), London, UK

Correspondence to: K Mohanty Email: kailashmohanty{at}hotmail.com

A 29-year-old Turkish man Ercan Yasar, who worked as a restaurant worker in Cheltenham, infected a Cheltenham woman 27 years of age with hepatitis B and chlamydia between 14 and 17 September 2007. He was charged with biological grievous bodily harm, which carries a maximum of five years’ imprisonment if found guilty following a trial. The defendant, Ercan Yasar, pleaded guilty to the charge and was given appropriate credit for entering an early guilty plea and was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment before the Gloucester Crown Court on 14 November 2008.

Key Words: hepatitis B • biological GBH • DNA sequencing

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