Woman jailed for posing as man to dupe partner into sex found guilty of similar deception
Summary
A jury at Caernarfon Crown Court found Blade Silvano guilty of six counts of sexual assault by penetration involving a woman she met online. The case involved Silvano posing as a male army captain and surgeon; she is due to be sentenced next month.Key Facts
- The jury said the six offences occurred between November 2022 and June 2023.
- Silvano used the name “Hunter” and met the woman through the Plenty of Fish dating site.
- The victim told the court she believed she was in a relationship with a man and would not have dated a woman.
- The court heard Silvano kept the lights low and did not allow the victim to touch her intimately.
- The victim learned Silvano was female after receiving a call from Silvano’s long-term female partner.
- Silvano was jailed in 2023 after a separate case involving a woman in Cambridgeshire; those offences took place in 2016 and 2017.
- In the earlier case, Silvano was convicted of two counts of assault by penetration.
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