Note: we are republishing this story, which originally made the news

in September 2013. A British man convicted of raping a sleeping woman

was notified that he may have contracted HIV from his victim.Richard Thomas,

27, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison for raping a woman

in her home while she slept, according to the BBC. Thomas said he knew

the woman was ill but did not know it could be HIV. He reportedly collapsed when told the news