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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 20:34:39+00:00

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Selwyn Pieters was appointed Co-counsel on January 25, 2008 in R. v. Johnson Aziga, charged with 2 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of aggravated sexual assault. HIV/AIDS criminal litigation. My work on the file resuled in three important and significant judicial decisions: See, R. v. Aziga  O.J. No. 2431, 78 W.C.B. (2d) 87; R. v. Aziga; 2008 CarswellOnt 4300 and R. v. Aziga  O.J. No. 3052, 78 W.C.B. (2d) 410.
On August 06, 2008, Selwyn sbsequently withdrew as counsel from this file.
Justice Lofchik granted my application to be removed as co-counel on August 06, 2008 and as he wrote in October 2008: "The accused had co-counsel on this matter in the person of Selwyn Pieters until August 6th, 2008 when Mr. Pieters sought to be discharged as co-counsel.... Given assurances by the accused’s other counsel... that other co-counsel could be retained without having to delay the trial date, I allowed Mr. Pieters to withdraw from the case." See R. v. Aziga, 2008 CanLII 53125 (ON S.C.). See also, See, Barbara Brown, Jail's not nice, judge agrees, Hamilton Spectator, August 7, 2008; 8th lawyer off HIV murder case, Toronto Sun, August 7, 2008; Another change of counsel in HIV murder case, Hamilton Spectator, November 28, 2008.
On April 04, 2009, Mr. Aziga was found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder in the deaths of two women who died from AIDS-related illnesses. He was also found guilty on 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of attempted aggravated sexual assault. This case is believed to be the first case in the world where someone has been convicted of murder by HIV. Christie Blatchford's, Six-month-long trial was slow and costly exercise in justice, April 6, 2009, spoke of my withdrawal from the case and the Court's record is clear on my reasons for withdrawal that was covered in the media previously.
Mr. Aziga is scheduled to have a hearing commencing May 10, 2011 to determine whether or not he is to be classified as a dangerous offender. Such status results in an indeterminate sentence.
R. v. Williams 2003 SCC 41 (CanLII), 2003 SCC 41, 2003 SCC 41 (CanLII), (2003), 176 C.C.C. (3d) 449, S.C.J. No. 41 (S.C.C.) (QL).
R. v. Walkem (2007), 73 W.C.B. (2d) 145,  O.J. No. 186 (Ont. S.C.) (QL).
Defendant seeks another delay, Hamilton Spectator, Oct 1, 2008; Barbara Brown, 'There is simply no right to bite'; Expert says jailhouse isolation of HIV murder suspect isn't breach of charter, Hamilton Spectator, July 26, 2008; Tamsyn Burgmann, Lawyers for HIV-positive man want murder charge thrown out, Canadian Press, Jun 11, 2008. Also Ministry to pay for HIV defence, Hamilton Spectator, January 26, 2008; C. Blatchford, An HIV-positive bureaucrat, two women fatally infected and the 'duty to disclose', October 21, 2008.
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