Cyprus tries man for passing AIDS

LONDON - Greek Cypriot authorities are to prosecute a local fisherman who allegedly knowingly infected a British businesswoman…

LONDON - Greek Cypriot authorities are to prosecute a local fisherman who allegedly knowingly infected a British businesswoman with AIDS while she was on holiday. Criminal charges will be pressed against Mr Paul Georgiou for infecting Ms Janette Pink, a mother-of-two from Basildon, Essex.

Ms Pink says she contracted the illness through a holiday romance with Mr Georgiou (39).

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