'The Woman' who duped female friend into blindfolded sex, found GUILTY of sexual assault

  

Gayle Newland, 25,  befriended her victim by posing on Facebook gave herself a man's name 'Mr. Kye Fortune'.

Newland bound her chest to make it flat and wore woolly hat to disguised her long hair and swimsuit to altered her appearance by making it firm like a male body, telling her victim 'he' was self-conscious about 'his' appearance after hospital treatment. A 25-year-old woman has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault. 

The victim told the Court today how Gayle fooled her to wear a blindfold whenever she was with purported  'Kye', she also claimed they dated for 2 years and 10 occasions the pair had sex, without her taking any note of her identity, until the victim suspected Mr.'Kye' disguised appearance and ripped off her blindfold during one meeting at her flat in Chester, Cheshire, and saw Newland wearing a prosthetic penis. She earlier confirmed that she was 'sickened' by the revelation and that 'at no time' did she consent to sex with the use of a prosthetic.

 On the other hand Newland AKA  'Kye', who has identified as a lesbian since primary school, denied the charges and told the court that she and the victim were engaging in role play and fantasy as they struggled to accept their sexuality.  

The victim whose identity is not revealed for legal reason said "she agreed to follow 'rules' which included not touching 'Kye's' 'penis' and "every time I met up with Kye Fortune I either had the mask on already or he would wait outside the door and I would put it on. I was so desperate to be loved. It's pathetic, so desperate for love, so desperate" 

 

'We were just lying there, just cuddling, sometimes we would watch films, sometimes we would just talk. It sounds stupid to say but it was a proper relationship, just normal.'

She went on: 'Since the first time I wrote to this person on Facebook, I thought it was a male. 'The first time I agreed to meet this person and agreed to have sex with them, I thought it was a male I told my my friends I was engaged to a guy. I told my work colleagues.'

 During their telephone conversations, the complainant said she dismissed her 'boyfriend's' high-pitched voice as a result of his Filipino heritage.

The jury heard that another woman said she had been duped previously by Newland into believing she was communicating with a man.
She said she added 'Kye' as a Facebook friend and an online relationship developed. They went on to communicate by phone and she noticed that 'his' voice was 'quite high pitched'.
The pair started off as friends but in time 'Kye' referred to her as his girlfriend. She suggested to 'him' that that they meet up but said 'he' always came up with an excuse not to.
She used FaceTime on her phone to speak to 'him' but he would never show his face, she said. Another Facetime conversation involved 'Kye' said to be walking his dog, Gypsy.

She discovered she had been in contact with Newland and not 'Kye' when she spotted the same dog by chance on the defendant 's Facebook page.
She phoned Fortune's number, asked for Gayle and immediately recognised from her voice that 'Kye' and Gayle were one and the same.
The woman stated: 'I knew that Gayle Newland had pretended to be Kye Fortune. I hung up immediately. I felt stupid.'

Judge Roger Dutton told the court when adjourning the case for pre-sentence reports, That Newland had 'serious issues surrounding her personality'.  He said: 'You have been convicted of serious charges. You must understand the consequences may be serious.'

Newland shouted in return: 'How can you send me down for something I have not done?' 
The judge said it would present a 'difficult sentencing exercise'.
Newland was given bail till sentencing on a date to be sometimes in November. She was ordered  not contact the complainant and not to contact anyone under an assumed identity and disguise.
The judge advice Newland to be seen by the Probation Service and a psychiatrist as part of the pre-sentence report.