A jailed rapist will discover this week whether he contracted HIV from his victim.
Richard Thomas, 27, collapsed when police informed him about his victim’s medical status and is still waiting to hear if he has contracted the virus.
Thomas knew the woman and was aware that she has another illness but had not known about the HIV.
He was shocked when he was told and asked to be taken to hospital, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
He had let himself into her home in Leigh, Greater Manchester, uninvited in the middle of the night and she awoke to find him raping her from behind.
“She froze and no words were exchanged. He pulled up his shorts and left,” said Harry Pepper, prosecuting.
“He was arrested and interviewed and said he had been drinking heavily, taken cocaine and ecstasy and could not recall the incident,” he added.
His barrister, Virginia Hayton, said that he still cannot recall the attack but when told about it he said that the woman “would not lie, she tells the truth. If she says I have done it, I have done it.”
Jailing Thomas for five years and four months, Judge Mark Brown said he had committed “this dreadful offence” while she lay asleep, having taken a sleeping tablet, and left her distressed and anxious.
He ordered him to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life.
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