Migrant ‘infected six with HIV’

An illegal immigrant has been accused of infecting at least six women with the HIV virus at the campsite where he worked.

Everson Banda, 29, was sent home to Zimbabwe by immigration officials last month after he admitted that his asylum claim was groundless.

He had worked illegally as a security guard and later as a caravan salesman at Orchards Holiday Village near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

Colleagues at the campsite said that he had slept with “literally scores” of visitors and at least 13 co-workers during his three years there. Five holiday-makers and one co-worker have subsequently tested positive for HIV and they blame Mr Banda.

He told none of the women that he had HIV even though his health was failing. Carriers of the virus who knowingly infect sexual partners can be prosected for assault occasioning grievous bodily harm.