Man convicted of not disclosing HIV status released pending appeal

The province's top court has released Nicholas Goodchild from custody pending the Sault Ste. Marie man's appeal of his aggravated sexual assault convictions.

Superior Court Justice Edward Gareau sentenced him to 3.5 years in prison on Nov. 19 for failing to disclose his HIV status to three sexual partners.

The Ontario Court of Appeal granted the 28-year-old bail last month as he awaits a hearing on his appeal, his lawyer Jennifer Tremblay-Hall said Monday.

Goodchild was convicted of three counts of aggravated sexual assault, following a trial where the court heard testimony from a trio of women who met him through a dating website.

The offences occurred between July 2013 and April 2014.

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