A woman accused of pretending to be a man in order to trick her female friend into having sex using a prosthetic penis has won a challenge against her conviction.
Gayle Newland, 26, who was jailed for eight years for three counts of sexual assault, has now been released on bail.
Newland allegedly convinced her friend she was a man by putting on a deep voice and using a blindfold throughout a dozen sexual encounters during a two-year relationship with the victim.
Her victim said she had been made to wear the blindfold at all times the pair were together, even while they sunbathed and ?watched? a film at her flat.
She told the court she only realised her partner was a woman when she pulled her blindfold off during sex and saw it was her friend wearing a strap-on penis.
Gayle Newland: Woman jailed for tricking friend into sex with fake penis wins challenge against conviction | The Independent