A man who has been jailed for raping a woman has been told that he could have contracted HIV as a result of the attack he inflicted upon his victim. Richard Thomas, 27, collapsed when police informed him about the woman's medical status and is still waiting to hear if he has contracted the incurable virus.
Thomas, of Leigh in Greater Manchester, knew the woman and was aware that she has another illness but had not known about the HIV.
The court heard he was shocked when he was told and asked to be taken to hospital, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
He had let himself into her home in the middle of the night and she awoke to find him raping her.
'She froze and no words were exchanged. He pulled up his shorts and left,' said Harry Pepper, prosecuting.
'He was arrested and interviewed and said he had been drinking heavily, taken cocaine and ecstasy and could not recall the incident,' he added.
His barrister, Virginia Hayton, said that he still cannot recall the attack but when told about it he said that the woman 'would not lie, she tells the truth. If she says I have done it, I have done it'.
Jailing Thomas for five years and four months, Judge Mark Brown said that he had committed 'this dreadful offence' while she lay asleep, having taken a sleeping tablet, and it had left her distressed and anxious.
He also ordered him to sign the Sex Offenders' Register for life. Thomas pleaded guilty to raping the woman on July 20 this year.
Miss Hayton said that Thomas, who has previous convictions but none for sexual offences, is 'remorseful' and 'cannot understand why he did it and it is troubling him'.
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