A New Zealand man has been fined for risking a prostitute's life by deliberately taking off his condom, according to a wire report.
It was the first case of its kind under a new unsafe-sex law, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported.
Daniel James Morgan, 48, admitted the charge in court at Christchurch and was fined $530 including court costs.
Outside court, the prostitute applauded the first conviction under the 2003 Prostitution Reform Act, but said she had to wait another six weeks before knowing if the incident had exposed her to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
"It feels like a death sentence," she said in the AAP report. "I've gone through a lot of gruelling tests. I've got children, and I've looked after myself for so many years, practising safe sex for most of my life."
