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A woman posed as a man to sexually assault a short-sighted girl multiple times, a court has heard.
Georgia Bilham, 21, is accused of setting up a fake Snapchat account to pose as a man called George Parry and message a 19-year-old girl.
Four years after they had started speaking online, once the alleged victim’s previous relationship had ended, the pair began meeting up.
Bilham, from Tarporley, Cheshire, dressed in men’s clothing and kept ‘his’ hood up during the period of abuse – from May 2021 until August that same year, Chester Crown Court was told.
‘He’ also took ‘his’ accuser’s glasses off, rendering her ‘essentially blind’ because of her short-sighted condition which means anything more than 5.5 inches from her face is blurred, MailOnline reports.
Each time the pair saw each other, Bilham would ask the girl to remove her glasses, prosecutors said on Monday.
Bilham regularly performed sex acts on the accuser but told her ‘he’ was too afraid to undress because ‘he’ was involved with an Albanian criminal gang and shy about a stab scar.
Although the alleged victim had tried to carry out sex acts on who she thought was George, she did not want to ‘push it’ as she could see it made ‘him’ uncomfortable.
The jury was told how they would later be played a voice note to show how Bilham spoke in a masculine voice and a Birmingham accent.
On the first night they kissed, May 10, 2021, they were in Bilham’s car which somehow got stuck.
Police arrived and Bilham ‘started to panic because she was concerned her true identity would be revealed’, prosecutor Anna Pope said.
When they asked for Bilham’s details, she had to use her real name Georgia and this sparked suspicion from the victim who later brought it up.
But Bilham claimed that the licence was a fake one, with a false name, because ‘he’ was not actually qualified to drive, the court heard.
The accuser gave Bilham until the next morning to prove ‘he’ was a man and ‘he’ sent a photo of a ‘young man with blonde hair and no top on,’ Ms Pope said.
The prosecutor added: ‘We say that, despite her initial concerns, she trusted ‘him’, and believed that what ‘he’ was telling her about his identity was true.’
When the alleged victim was asked whether she would have let herself be touched if she had known ‘George’ was a woman, she answered: ‘No, it makes me feel sick – I’m not gay.’
Things eventually came to light after the 19-year-old’s mum told her ‘George is a girl’ and she ‘burst into tears’.
After researching Bilham online, the girl confronted ‘George’ and said: ‘Just admit you’ve been caught out, I know more than enough now.’
Bilham allegedly deleted the Snapchat account under the fake name and then wrote back: ‘I don’t even dress like a lad, it just took over my life.’
The accuser, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told detectives Bilham needs ‘serious help’.
Bilham has been charged with nine counts of sexual assault and eight counts of penetration, all of which she denies.
Jurors were told Bilham’s defence will likely argue the pair did engage in sexual activity, but the court will need to determine whether the alleged victim knew ‘George’ was really a woman.
The trial continues.
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A woman posed as a man to sexually assault a short-sighted girl multiple times, a court has heard.
Georgia Bilham, 21, is accused of setting up a fake Snapchat account to pose as a man called George Parry and message a 19-year-old girl.
Four years after they had started speaking online, once the alleged victim’s previous relationship had ended, the pair began meeting up.
Bilham, from Tarporley, Cheshire, dressed in men’s clothing and kept ‘his’ hood up during the period of abuse – from May 2021 until August that same year, Chester Crown Court was told.
‘He’ also took ‘his’ accuser’s glasses off, rendering her ‘essentially blind’ because of her short-sighted condition which means anything more than 5.5 inches from her face is blurred, MailOnline reports.
Each time the pair saw each other, Bilham would ask the girl to remove her glasses, prosecutors said on Monday.
Bilham regularly performed sex acts on the accuser but told her ‘he’ was too afraid to undress because ‘he’ was involved with an Albanian criminal gang and shy about a stab scar.
Although the alleged victim had tried to carry out sex acts on who she thought was George, she did not want to ‘push it’ as she could see it made ‘him’ uncomfortable.
The jury was told how they would later be played a voice note to show how Bilham spoke in a masculine voice and a Birmingham accent.
On the first night they kissed, May 10, 2021, they were in Bilham’s car which somehow got stuck.
Police arrived and Bilham ‘started to panic because she was concerned her true identity would be revealed’, prosecutor Anna Pope said.
When they asked for Bilham’s details, she had to use her real name Georgia and this sparked suspicion from the victim who later brought it up.
But Bilham claimed that the licence was a fake one, with a false name, because ‘he’ was not actually qualified to drive, the court heard.
The accuser gave Bilham until the next morning to prove ‘he’ was a man and ‘he’ sent a photo of a ‘young man with blonde hair and no top on,’ Ms Pope said.
The prosecutor added: ‘We say that, despite her initial concerns, she trusted ‘him’, and believed that what ‘he’ was telling her about his identity was true.’
When the alleged victim was asked whether she would have let herself be touched if she had known ‘George’ was a woman, she answered: ‘No, it makes me feel sick – I’m not gay.’
Things eventually came to light after the 19-year-old’s mum told her ‘George is a girl’ and she ‘burst into tears’.
After researching Bilham online, the girl confronted ‘George’ and said: ‘Just admit you’ve been caught out, I know more than enough now.’
Bilham allegedly deleted the Snapchat account under the fake name and then wrote back: ‘I don’t even dress like a lad, it just took over my life.’
The accuser, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told detectives Bilham needs ‘serious help’.
Bilham has been charged with nine counts of sexual assault and eight counts of penetration, all of which she denies.
Jurors were told Bilham’s defence will likely argue the pair did engage in sexual activity, but the court will need to determine whether the alleged victim knew ‘George’ was really a woman.
The trial continues.
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For more stories like this, check our news page.
