A hairdresser who tried to infect men with HIV has been jailed for eight years in Scotland.

Daryll Rowe, 27, intentionally had unprotected sex while fully aware he was carrying the virus. He admitted four counts of culpable and reckless conduct at the high court in Edinburgh on Friday.

Rowe, who is serving a life sentence for similar offences in England, was given an eight-year prison term at the Edinburgh court and placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Police Scotland said Rowe, who was diagnosed in April 2015, would meet men using online dating apps and enter into sexual relationships without disclosing his condition.

He would either refrain from wearing a condom, or tamper with it as he deliberately sought to infect others. He continued to commit similar offences in Edinburgh, north-east England and Sussex between October 2015 and December 2016.

Rowe was jailed for life last month for trying to infect 10 men in England after becoming the first man in the country to be found guilty of intentionally trying to spread HIV.

DCI Martin MacLean of Police Scotland said: “Daryll Rowe is a devious and deceptive predator who has shown absolutely no remorse for the extensive suffering and distress he has caused his victims.

“Since April 2015, he was fully aware of his illness yet refused treatment that would ensure his own health and safeguard his sexual partners from the risk of infection. To make matters worse, he would then knowingly engage in sexual activity with individuals he met without divulging his condition.

“Rowe would then go to great lengths to ensure he put partners at risk of contracting HIV, demonstrating the callous and reckless nature of his character. It is my sincere hope that all those affected by Daryll Rowe’s calculated criminality feel some sense of justice after today’s outcome.”