HAMILTON — A young woman dabbed at her eyes as the deathbed video of her cancer-ravaged mother was played at the first-degree murder trial of the man accused of infecting her with the virus police allege caused her AIDS-related disease.

In the recording of her statement to police, the dying woman, who can only be identified as S.B., said Johnson Aziga never told her he knew he was infected with HIV.

"No, he never did. Not at any time," the bed-ridden woman says in a barely audible voice.

"Did you ever bring that up?" the officer asks.

"Unfortunately not," S.B. replies.

Court has heard how the woman had a summer of romance with Aziga, 52, of Hamilton, whom she met at work with the Ontario government in Toronto.

She would not have had sex with him had she known he was infected, she said in the statement made in November 2003.

Smiling weakly, she told police she had only dated three men, including Aziga, in the 10 years after her marriage fell apart.

"I really thought I was not a sexually promiscuous woman," she said.

She died three weeks later.

Her daughter quickly left the courtroom without speaking after the video was played.

Aziga has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of the woman and another of his ex-lovers, and to 11 counts of aggravated sexual assault involving another nine women with whom he allegedly had unprotected sex.

Earlier, in contrast to the soft voice heard on the video recording, the throaty laugh of the other woman who has since died, known as H.C., filled the courtroom when her audiotape statement was played.

In the recording, the Toronto woman also insisted she would not have had sex with Aziga had she known he was infected.

"Absolutely not," she told police.

The woman described beginning a seven-month sexual relationship with Aziga, whom she also met at work, in the fall of 2001.

"He seemed a very nice, considerate person. And then we had sex," H.C. told the officer in a clear, confident voice, punctuated at times with laughter.

"There was no discussion whatsoever about HIV at all, and it was unprotected sex. I didn't really think of it."

Court previously heard that Aziga had several sessions after being diagnosed with HIV in late 1996 in which public health officials discussed the infection, the risks of unprotected sex, and treatment options.

He was also twice formally ordered to inform any partners about his status.

Aziga and H.C. continued seeing each other until June 2002, when the relationship soured - ostensibly because he was having a nasty custody battle with his ex-wife.

"He said he actually was not very fond of women right at that point in time," H.C. said in her statement.

She and Aziga did have one last, "unpleasant" sexual encounter in October 2002 that left her bleeding, court heard.

Ironically, she sought to reassure him that she posed no health risk.

"I'm bleeding but I'm OK," the woman said she told him. "I've been tested."

H.C. was soon diagnosed as HIV positive.

Over a beer a few months later, she told Aziga about her status. He did not seem particularly surprised, she said.

"He just sort of went, 'Oh man.' He didn't say, 'Oh my God, like when?' or 'I have to get tested,"' she said.

It was only in May 2003, after calls from public health officials, that she concluded Johnson infected her, she said.

She then called to ask him whether he was HIV positive and he admitted he was, court heard.

The rest of the call comprised of a discussion about HIV infection, and her offering him advice on support groups, and advising him on medications.

"I said, 'I know personally people who have been HIV positive for like 17 years," she said.

"He said, 'Oh really? Wow."'

"It's not the same as the '80s," H.C. explains to the detective who made the recording in August 2003.

"You're not going to be dead in three years."

She died in April 2004, two days after she gave a sworn videotaped statement to police in which she could only nod that her previous statement was true.

The trial continues Monday.