PROFILE

Daryll Rowe came across as an obliging, softly spoken “vegan hippy” who was looking for love and a relationship with the men he charmed.

But he was exposed at his trial as a “nasty, angry individual” who embarked on a “cynical” and “deliberate” campaign to infect male lovers with HIV.

Originally from Edinburgh, he was taken into care at a young age and fostered from the age of seven. He left school after taking his GCSES and trained as a hairdresser at college. He came out as gay at the age of 15.