A SCOTS hairdresser who deliberately tried to infect male lovers with HIV can finally be unmasked after he was jailed for his crimes.

Vile Daryll Rowe pled guilty guilty to four cases of intentionally having unprotected sex with partners while fully aware he had HIV.

3 Rowe has been caged over his vile crimes Credit: PA:Press Association

The 27-year-old, who was diagnosed in April 2015, would meet men using online dating apps and enter into sexual relationships without telling them about his illness.

He pled guilty today at the High Court in Edinburgh and was caged for eight years for his sick campaign in which he wouldn't wear a condom or tamper with them during romps.

Between October 2015 and December 2016 he continued to commit similar offences within Edinburgh, as well as Sussex and North East England.

It is understood one of the four men he had sex with in Scotland became infected.

We told last month how Rowe was lock up for life in England for the same crime.

3 Rowe escorted out of prison van Credit: PA:Press Association

In the first conviction of its kind in the UK, Daryll Rowe, 27, was jailed after being found guilty of unleashing the “cynical campaign” to infect as many men as he could.

The sick campaign was in “revenge” after he was diagnosed with the potentially killer disease, with the man jailed for a minimum of 10 years and 253 days.

A court previously heard that he had sent taunting messages to his victims, having met many of them online.

Today in Edinburgh, after pleading to the four counts of culpable and reckless conduct, he was sentenced to a further eight years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

Detective Chief Inspector Martin MacLean from Edinburgh's Public Protection Unit 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.

3 Rowe being interviewed Credit: PA:Press Association

"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.

"Signifant enquiries were conducted by not only Police Scotland, but colleagues in England, resulting in Rowe's arrest and subsequent custodial sentences.

"It is my sincere hope that all of those affected by Daryll Rowe's calculated criminality feel some sense of justice following today's outcome."

Last year, he was found guilty of ten charges of deliberately trying to infect men he met on Grindr with HIV in Brighton, East Sussex and the North East between October 2015 and January 2016.

most read in news 'STEP DOWN' 25K people call for Sturgeon to QUIT after joining George Galloway's petition RULES OF LIFE Everything you can and can't do under Covid lockdown restrictions in Scotland Latest Road drama Multi-vehicle smash closes two lanes on busy M74 in Glasgow NEWS LATEST Highest Covid cases spike, Sturgeon resignation calls & Greenock fires linked COKE HAUL £100m of cocaine 'hidden in fruit shipment' seized by cops amid Glasgow arrest CRISIS Scotland records 486 new Covid-19 cases overnight - the highest spike of cases EVER VIRUS SPREAD Map shows where new Scots coronavirus cases are after record total SPREAD FEARS Scots primary school SHUTS for probe by health experts over coronavirus cases TRAGIC FIND Man found dead in Scots park as cops seal off area near railway station Exclusive MOB TARGET Murdered Glasgow gangland figure was on hit list of two crime mobs before death

Judge Christine Henson QC today told Rowe: “Psychological reports show your offending is associated with a significant degree of rage, control and sadism.

“You pose a high serious risk of harm to gay men. You are highly predatory controlling and manipulative.”

Deborah Gold, chief executive of The National AIDS Trust, said: “The Rowe case is the first of its kind in the UK, and is an exceptionally rare thing to encounter.

“To intentionally transmit HIV is a deplorable crime which one could only commit by avoiding one’s own crucial treatment.”

We pay for your stories and videos! Do you have a story or video for The Scottish Sun? Email us at scoop@thesun.co.uk or call 0141 420 5200