Convicted sex offender Carl Leone has been granted day parole for up to six months.
The Parole Board of Canada released its decision last Wednesday.
Leone was convicted of 15 counts of sexual aggravated sexual assault after he failed to tell his sexual partners that he was infected with HIV. Over the seven years before his arrest in 2004, at least 22 women were exposed to the virus, and five were infected.
Under Canadian law, anyone who is HIV positive has a legal duty to inform any sexual partners of their status, and Leone is believed to have exposed more women to the virus than anyone else in Canadian history.
A Windsor judge found him guilty in 2008 and sentenced him to 18 years in prison. He was eligible for parole after six years.
A report from the parole board says Leone will stay at a community-based residential facility pending the availability of a bed.
Among the many conditions of his parole, Leone is to avoid all contact with the victims and their families and not to enter the City of Windsor. He can only use the internet for employment purposes and only with the written permission of his parole supervisor, will have to report any relationships with women, sexual and otherwise to his parole supervisor, and not be in the presence of a sex trade worker.
Leone last applied for day parole in September 2016. At that time, he was denied but appealed the decision in January.
The parole board believes he is a low risk to re-offend.
