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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

Woman who posed as boy got trapped in ‘web of lies’, court hears

Georgia Bilham
Georgia Bilham is on trial at Chester crown court where she denies 17 counts of sexual assault. Photograph: Steve Allen/PA

A young woman has told a court she got trapped in a “web of lies” after posing as a boy to meet girls online, but insisted that a woman she had sex with knew she was female.

Georgia Bilham, 21, from Chester, said she created a male alter ego called George as “an escape” from her unhappy life, saying her mum would not have approved of her being in a lesbian relationship.

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