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• In an interview with Nadja Benaissa, the Frankfurt-born pop star charged under German law with failure to disclose HIV-positive status before having unprotected sex, we stated that "there is no equivalent law in the UK".
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Emotional appealObservers at the court said Benaissa broke down in tears after the sentence was read out.
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Benaissa told the court how the pressure on her to go public with the news increased.
German singer Nadja Benaissa sentenced for infecting lover with HIV 2010
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Benaissa spent time living on the street, where she developed a drug addiction.
German singer Nadja Benaissa sentenced for infecting lover with HIV 2010
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In an emotional appeal to the court in which she said she had "not intended" to harm her former sexual partners, Benaissa, who was born in Germany to Moroccan parents, said: "I made a huge mistake and for that I'm sorry."
German singer Nadja Benaissa sentenced for infecting lover with HIV 2010
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During the trial, Benaissa made an emotional apology and said she wished she could "turn back the clocks" of time.
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She says it is good news that Benaissa will not have to serve time in prison – but, she says, even a suspended sentence sends out the wrong message.
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A virologist giving evidence said there was little doubt that Benaissa had infected the man, because they both had a very similar strain of the virus, a rare form which was first discovered in West Africa.
German singer Nadja Benaissa sentenced for infecting lover with HIV 2010
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The charges against Benaissa could have led to a maximum 10-year prison sentence.
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The five-day trial, which took place in a youth court in Darmstadt as Benaissa was just 16 when the first offences took place, heard detailed evidence of the pop star's troubled youth.
German singer Nadja Benaissa sentenced for infecting lover with HIV 2010
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