A woman accused of posing as a man to prey on a short-sighted teenager made her victim believe they were in love, a court heard on Friday as she was sentenced for sexual assault.

Georgia Bilham was given a community order for sexually assaulting her female victim by kissing at Chester Crown Court on Friday.

The 21-year-old was cleared by a jury of all but one of the 17 alleged offences after about three hours of deliberations following a trial at the same court last month.

Bilham fooled her 19-year-old victim after contacting her using a fake Snapchat profile for a “George Parry”.

She disguised herself by wearing boys’ clothes and kept her hood up to hide her long blonde hair, even when the pair were in bed together, claiming to be “paranoid” because of supposed ties to an Albanian drug gang.

She also deceived the very short-sighted girl by taking away her glasses - leaving her “essentially blind” - and put on a deep voice with a Birmingham accent to disguise her true identity.

Bilham denied nine counts of sexual assault and eight counts of assault by penetration between May and August 2021.

But a jury at Chester Crown Court found her guilty of one sexual assault by kissing in June following a ten-day trial.

She was cleared of the other 16 charges.