A British man convicted of raping a sleeping woman was notified that he may have contracted HIV from his victim.<\/p>\n
Richard Thomas, 27, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison for raping a woman in her home while she slept, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n
Thomas said he knew the woman was ill but did not know it could be HIV. He reportedly collapsed when told the news.<\/p>\n
Thomas said he had been drinking heavily on the night of the attack, as well as using cocaine and ecstasy at various points during the evening.<\/p>\n
He said he could not recall much from the attack but believed the woman\u2019s story.<\/p>\n
Police say Thomas let himself into the woman\u2019s home uninvited and went into the bedroom where he then assaulted her as she slept.<\/p>\n
The woman had taken a sleeping tablet and awoke to find Thomas raping her.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe froze and no words were exchanged,\u201d said prosecutor Harry Pepper. \u201cHe pulled up his shorts and left.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawyer for Thomas, Virginia Hayton, said that Thomas was unsure of the events of the night but told her the woman \u201cwould not lie, she tells the truth.<\/p>\n
If she says I have done it, I have done it,\u201d according to The Telegraph. It was not immediately clear whether Thomas knew his victim before the assault.Watch below<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A British man convicted of raping a sleeping woman was notified that he may have contracted HIV from his victim. Richard Thomas, 27, was sentenced to five… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"yoast_head":"\n