June Amanda Tippeneskum, a 23-year-old Thunder Bay resident, plead guilty to aggravated assault against her partner from June 1, 2009 to July 21, 2010 and was sentenced April 27 by Justice Dino DiGiuseppe in the Ontario Court of Justice in Thunder Bay.
The sentencing report noted that Tippeneskum had been aware of her HIV positive condition but she did not disclose this to her male partner. It was only after the relationship was over that her partner became aware of Tippeneskum’s medical condition. He has since been tested and confirmed as HIV positive. He was not infected prior to his relationship with Tippeneskum.
Tippeneskum has been in continuous custody from Nov. 29 and her five months in pre-sentence custody were considered in her sentencing, with the justice noting 42 months was a fit sentence for aggravated assault.
The Judge has said the sentence handed down must send a clear message to Tippeneskum and others that this type of conduct will carry significant consequences.
Note to judges: People like Tippeneskum are scum of the earth that cause their victims rejection by family and friends and shame at having been diagnosed with HIV - AIDS. and become concerned about the related stigma and anxious about the stereotypical labelling by others.
The victims will never be able to have a normal, intimate relationship and will be very concerned about not being able to father a child.
You want my honest opinion: a light sentence will not help especially when things like this at the end of the day falls back on their victims and families, the healthcare sector, social service sector and society and that all falls on the Canadian Tax Payer.
And I'm not sorry to say, people that want to go around giving people aids after knowing they have HIV Aids need to pay their own health care bills and need to rot in jail for years and years and pay for that too... Can't afford it... Tough!
And this my friends sends a real message!