A MAN has admitted infecting two women with the HIV virus.

On Wednesday, Aaron Sutcliffe, 29, formerly of Kings Drive, Padiham, pleaded guilty to unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm by having sex with one of his victims on a date between January and May 2016.

The defendant had been due to go on trial at Preston Crown Court over the matter.

He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to the same offence involving another woman between January 2009 and September 2010.

His barrister, Julie Taylor, told the court that Sutcliffe is also the complainant in an ongoing police investigation over claims he had earlier been infected by a man.

The hearing was adjourned for pre-sentence and psychiatric reports.
Sentencing will provisionally take place on November 2.

Sutcliffe, now of Westhead Walk, Fleetwood, was granted bail on condition of residence and non-contact with the complainants.

In June, Blackpool magistrates granted Lancashire Police an application for a Sexual Risk Prevention Order against Sutcliffe which requires him to get permission from them to have sex with any new partner.

The two-year order means he must provide contact details of partners to the force’s public protection unit and then wait for written approval before he engages in sex, whether vaginal, oral or anal.

Sutcliffe must also wear a condom during intercourse, the order states.