A Christchurch nursing assistant accused of having unprotected sex with three men without disclosing his HIV-positive status has today denied the charges.
Johnny Lachlan Benjamin Lumsden, 26, was arrested last month and appeared at Christchurch District Court on a criminal nuisance charge that he had unprotected sex without telling a man he was HIV-positive in Christchurch on October 19.
Now, he has been charged with two more alleged encounters in Christchurch, with two other men, on August 15 and September 9 this year.
He also faces a new charge that between October 9 and November 2, he supplied a class A controlled drug, namely methamphetamine, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Lumsden, whose address on charging documents today state he is living in the Whangarei district, had his case call again at Christchurch District Court this afternoon.
Defence counsel Elizabeth Bulger asked for Lumsden's attendance to be excused.
