LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- 21-year-old British woman who pretended to be a man to trick a teenage girl into a relationship has been found guilty of sexual assault.
The accused, Georgia Billham faces sexual charges of sexual assault by penetration, and kissing the visually-impaired 19-year-old girl who believed she was a boy.
Bilham, who went by the alias “George Parry,” allegedly tricked the19-year-old woman into a sexual relationship by creating fake social media profiles and messaging the victim with the username “George_132,” according to a report in the New York Post.
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After talking online, the duo agreed to meet in 2021. The teenaged woman poor vision was exploited by Bilham, who insisted her partner take off her glasses before engaging in any sexual activity, leaving the victim “essentially blind.”
“All the sexual activity that took place between those two people, was based on a false pretense and so did not involve true consent,” Pope told jurors.
According to reports, Bilham has failed to cooperate with investigators upon her arrest and strongly denies all charges , while the defense is expected to question whether or not the alleged victim really knew Bilham was a woman.