Man jailed 10yrs for giving two lovers HIV Ireland soccer invite for hero of Thai cave rescue effort My best primate
Tormented victims tried to take their own lives court told
Jim Warny THE Irish-based diver who helped rescue a soccer team trapped in a Thailand cave has been offered VIP treatment at a soccer international.
Jim Warny was part of the crew that guided the Wild Boars side to safety earlier this month.
FAI boss John Delaney sent a letter offering him two tickets to one of Ireland’s Nations League games against Denmark or Wales, or the friendly against Northern Ireland in November.
Mr Delaney said: “In what was a truly global effort, I was delighted to hear an Ennis resident was a crucial part of what was an astounding rescue effort.”
The Belgian national was also honoured by the Clare Schoolboys/girls Soccer League at a function in Ennis this week.
Mr Warny was presented with a piece of Waterford Crystal to mark the part he played in the dangerous rescue mission, while his fiancee Asia Mania received a bouquet of flowers.
Speaking at the event, Mr Warny said: “In my life teamwork has always been important even though my pastime is a bit more individually focused.
“It is all about teamwork and I am honoured your organisation has recognised me.” A BEAMING macaque sticks like glue to a rescuer who freed her from a tight spot.
Layla, six, got stuck by a food stand while terrorising a temple in Lampang, Thailand, but instantly warmed to Kittaya Leeteuk.
He said: “When I came her behaviour changed, she was very soft and loving.” A MAN has been jailed for 10 years for infecting two former partners with HIV.
The women revealed the heartless thug, who had children with both, threatened to tell people to stay away from them because they had the virus.
One victim, who cannot be named, said she only married the man, 28, because he told her “nobody would want me” after her diagnosis.
In her victim impact statement, she added he “pestered” her so much she ended up in hospital and tried to take her own life.
The second woman said she was close to overdosing on her HIV medication and found it hard to get out of bed after being diagnosed.
She added she got drunk and “on a few occasions tried to walk out in front of cars”.
In a victim impact statement read out in Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, the woman also revealed the man followed her and would tell everyone she talked to she had HIV.
The defendant, who lives in Dublin, was convicted after a trial earlier this month of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the two women. He had pleaded not guilty.
Both victims detailed how the man was “reluctant” to use contraception.
Garda Colm Kelly said one woman found out she was pregnant in 2010 and tested positive for HIV during neonatal screening.
The man agreed to be checked for the infection and “expressed a degree of surprise” when the results came back positive.
Gda Kelly added at about the same time the second woman decided to get screened and found out she was HIV positive.
The court heard Dr John Lambert was treating both women and realised they had named the same partner.
He sought the man’s medical records which revealed he had been diagnosed as HIV positive in 2008.
Judge Martin Nolan was told the defendant came to Ireland as an asylum seeker with no parents or siblings.
He had four previous convictions for drugs offences and one for possessing a knife.
On a few occasions I tried to walk out in front of cars WOMAN
IN VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT TO COURT