THE number of men accusing a hairdresser of deliberately infecting them with HIV has risen.

Daryll Rowe will now stand trial facing allegations lodged by ten lovers.

The number of charges against the 26-year-old, from Edinburgh, has increased while his case is being prepared for trial in October.

Rowe, who is HIV positive, denies all the charges against him of grevious bodily harm and attempted grievous bodily harm.

He was investigated after claims he tampered with contraception while having sex with the men in Brighton between October 2015 and January last year.

Last week Judge Christine Henson granted a further court order awarding all the alleged victims lifetime anonymity.

This bans the press, and anyone posting on social media, from naming them.

The Crown Prosecution Service had to apply for the order to be made because alleged victims of GBH are not awarded automatic anonymity as the crime is not covered by restrictions under sexual offences laws.

The defence team objected to an application for the men to give evidence from behind a screen or on camera for their protection but the application was granted.

The court heard Rowe is remanded in custody in Scotland but will be moved to Lewes.