Detective's Casebook: John Rodney

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Detective's Casebook: John Rodney

How a Swindon detective inspector led the first investigation of its kind to bring justice for a group of women deliberately infected with HIV.

Detective Inspector Helen Jacobs. Courtesy of the Swindon Advertiser

Date - 13th May 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

John Rodney was jailed for eight years for infecting at least three women with HIV. He was diagnosed in 2013 yet continued to have unprotected sex for years, lying to his victims about his health. Wiltshire Police and its team of detectives,...

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