WINNIPEG -- An HIV positive Winnipeg man, described by a judge as a "sexual predator," has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for having unprotected sex with girls and women without informing them of his medical condition.
Clato Mabior, 31, was convicted in July of six counts of aggravated assault and additional charges of sexual touching and sexual interference.
Justice Joan McKelvey said Mabior's conduct was "deplorable and despicable ... and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms."
Mabior's trial heard that he had unprotected sex with six females, ranging in age from 12 to adult. None became infected.
"Those that are infected with HIV cannot inappropriately and indiscriminately engage in sexual relationships for their own pleasure without regard to the consequences to others," McKelvey said.
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"The accused preyed upon these vulnerable women, many of whom were underage and came from significantly compromised circumstances," she said.
At the time of his arrest in March 2006, police said they thought Mabior had been trying to lure runaways to his home with the promise of drugs or alcohol and a place to stay.
The Sudanese immigrant also faces deportation due to his conviction.
The Crown was seeking up to 24 years in prison for Mabior.
One victim, who was 12 at the time, repeatedly broke down in tears during the trial as she described being raped by Mabior after he lured her from a temporary Child and Family Services shelter inside a downtown Winnipeg hotel with the promise of drugs and alcohol.
"I was scared. He has a life-threatening disease and he didn't tell me he had it," the girl told court.
The girl said she later found out from another teenage friend that Mabior -- who she knew as "K-Dog" -- was HIV-positive. She said Mabior ignored her protests to stop and would instead ply her with beer and even crack cocaine inside his rooming house.
Mabior was arrested in early 2006 following an unprecedented public warning by police and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority that prompted several young women to come forward -- many of them teenage runaways.
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Police in Brandon, Man., Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto and London, Ont., were also notified about Mabior, since he lived in each city after immigrating to Canada in 2000.
He was cleared on charges involving three additional women after McKelvey said their evidence left her with a reasonable doubt.
Earlier this year, another African immigrant was sentenced to eight years behind bars for having unprotected sex with three Winnipeg women without telling them he was HIV-positive.
It's also expected that the 34-year-old, who can't be named under a court order, will be deported after finishing his sentence.
