A woman was jailed for eight years by a British court on Thursday after tricking a friend she met on Facebook into having sex with her by disguising herself as a man.
Gayle Newland, 25, met the victim on the social network in 2011 using the profile name Kye Fortune and spoke to her on the phone impersonating a man's voice.
They finally agreed to meet face-to-face in 2013. But Newland insisted that the other woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, wear a blindfold for the meeting, claiming to feel insecure after brain surgery.
They subsequently spent more than 100 hours together in which the other woman always wore a blindfold during activities which included watching television together and sunbathing. The couple had sex around 10 times before the woman ripped off her mask and saw that Newland was wearing a prosthetic penis.
Newland, of Willaston, Cheshire, northwest England, claimed the victim always knew she was only pretending to be a man and that they were engaged in role play as they explored their sexuality. She insisted that no blindfold was used and denied strapping bandages to her chest and wearing a woollen hat to disguise herself.