Woman Convicted After Duping Friend Into Sex

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Woman Convicted After Duping Friend Into Sex

A 25-year-old woman has been convicted of sexual assault after impersonating a man to dupe her female friend into having sex.

Over two years Gayle Newland disguised her appearance and voice as she demanded the woman wear a blindfold to trick her into having sex.

The pair had sex about 10 times until the complainant, also aged 25, took off her blindfold and in disbelief saw Newland wearing a prosthetic penis.

Newland, from Willaston, Cheshire, wore bandages across her chest and a swimsuit when they met up and pretended to be man called Kye Fortune, Chester Crown Court heard.

The jury convicted the defendant of three counts of sexual assault. She was cleared of two other counts of sexual assault.

Judge Roger Dutton said Newland had "serious issues surrounding her personality".

Addressing her, the judge said: "You have been convicted of serious charges. You must understand the consequences may be serious."

Newland shouted back in response: "How can you send me down for something I have not done?"

She tearfully repeatedly asked the question and then said: "I don't understand, I don't understand."

The judge told the court: "Sentencing guidelines are quite clear that imprisonment is inevitable but I need a good deal of further examination before I take that further step."

Newland was convicted of committing sexual assaults at the complainant's flat, but found not guilty of similar offences said to have taken place at hotels in Chester.

The defendant sat in stunned silence in the dock as the verdicts were read out.

Newland had admitted creating a fake Facebook account in the name of Kye Fortune.

But she claimed her accuser always knew she was pretending to be a man.

Newland also told the court that it was all part of role play because they both struggled with their sexuality.

Newland was bailed until sentencing on a date to be fixed in November.