NATIONAL BRIEFING / TEXAS
Times Wire Reports
A jury sentenced a suburban Dallas man to 45 years in prison for knowingly infecting six women with the AIDS virus.
Philippe Padieu, described by his own lawyer as a “modern-day Casanova,” shook his head and looked down when the decision was read. Jurors sentenced him to 45 years on five counts and 25 years on the sixth, to be served concurrently. Padieu had faced up to 99 years.
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