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| Woman who posed as man jailed for sex assaults | |
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| A woman who posed as a man to dupe her friend into sleeping with her has been jailed for eight years. | |
| Gayle Newland, 25, demanded the other woman wear a blindfold when they met, and used a prosthetic penis while carrying out the assaults. | |
| Newland, of Willaston, Cheshire, claimed they had engaged in "roleplay and fantasy" when they had sex about 10 times. | |
| But she was found guilty of three sexual assault charges after a trial. | |
| 'Obsessional' | |
| Chester Crown Court heard the victim was tricked by Newland and only realised what had happened when she ripped off her blindfold and saw Newland wearing a prosthetic penis. | |
| But Newland claimed her accuser always knew she was pretending to be a man as they both struggled with their sexuality. | |
| She said no blindfold was used and she did not strap bandages to her chest or wear a woollen hat and swimsuit, as was alleged. | |
| Newland, who worked as a marketing manager, created a bogus Facebook profile in the name of Kye Fortune and was then said to have taken on the persona of Kye as she carried out her deception. | |
| Sentencing Newland, Judge Roger Dutton said he was "an intelligent, obsessional, highly manipulative, deceitful, scheming and thoroughly determined young woman". |