Hector Scott been sentenced to two months and 14 days in jail.
A Canberra man who worked as a prostitute while infected with HIV and hepatitis C has been sentenced to less than three months in jail.
Hector Scott, 42, pleaded guilty to operating a commercial sexual service from his Kingston flat last year while knowingly being infected with HIV.
As a public health measure, the ACT health department contacted nearly 500 people known to Scott.
Forty-three of them admitted to having a sexual encounter with him and were urged to be tested for HIV.
Magistrate John Burns said it was impossible to know whether Scott had unprotected sex with any of his clients.
But he said Scott's breach of the prostitution act was very serious because he chose to put others at risk for his own commercial benefit.
Magistrate Burns sentenced him to two months and 14 days in jail and a two year good behaviour order.
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