Edward Trevor said that those suffering from Aids generally got it ‘through their own stupidity’ and were ‘generally promiscuous’.
He made the comments after attacking local Aids charity Acet for collecting in the town centre on Saturday as his volunteers were rattling buckets for the appeal.
Mr Trevor, who called the police to complain about the Aids charity, said he believed that only his collectors should have been allowed on the streets to collect cash in the run-up to Christmas.
He said: ‘I can’t believe Acet were out there collecting and I was absolutely amazed because of the time of year and what they were collecting for.
‘People in the west who get Aids get it through their own stupidity and are generally promiscuous. It is usually self-inflicted. I know it is not a very politically correct thing to say today, but it’s true.’
