Man kept HIV status secret arrested in Canada

By Dan Robson, The Star

BRAMPTON, ONTARIO — Yonatan Gezahegne Mekonnen, a city of Brampton resident, has been charged with failing to disclose his positive HIV status to a female he had consensual sex with.

Peel Police say a man put a 21-year-old female at risk of contracting the virus when they had sex throughout January and February of this year.

The man did not inform her of his positive HIV status, police say.

Yonatan, 24, was taken into custody and is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault.