Girl ‘duped into sex by woman posing as boy named George’ thought she felt penis, court hears
A teenage girl who claims to have been seduced into sex by a woman posing as a boy named “George” felt what she thought was his penis while they were in bed together, a court heard today.
Georgia Bilham, 21, is accused of tricking the nearsighted girl into taking off her glasses and keeping her clothes on and her hood up during all their sexual encounters.
Today, the alleged victim, who was in her late teens at the time, told the jury that while she had never seen “George’s” penis, on two occasions she felt what she described as “a willy-like figure” against her leg.
One was when they were “spooning” side by side in bed at her house.
The other was when “George” arrived to pick her up in “his” car and “he” was brushed down her leg, she said.
Georgia Bilham, 21, is accused of misleading the short-sighted girl that she was a boy named George
Georgia Bilham (center – white vest) arrives at Chester Crown Court to stand trial for 17 assault charges against a 19-year-old female victim
Today, the alleged victim, who was in her late teens at the time, told the jury that while she had never seen “George’s” penis, on two occasions she felt what she described as “a willy-like figure” against her leg. Pictured: Georgia Bilham
Describing the second time it allegedly happened, she said, “I thought we were about to have sex — this was the night.”
The jury also heard about messages the girl exchanged with her mother, who grew suspicious after meeting “George” and telling her daughter she didn’t believe her boyfriend was a man.
“Did you definitely feel a penis?” her mother asked.
‘Of course. Why did you think he’s a girl?’ she replied.
But Bilham’s lawyer told the court that her client denies ever doing anything aimed at “imitating a penis.”
The alleged victim also admitted to police that there had once been a part of her that wanted to ‘experiment with girls’ – but insisted the thought now made her ‘sick’.
Bilham allegedly set up a fake Snapchat profile under the name ‘George Parry’ with a cartoon image of a blond-haired man as her profile picture and began messaging the alleged victim online.
They met for sexual activity in ‘George’s’ car, with Bilham taking the extremely nearsighted girl’s glasses off, leaving her ‘essentially blind’, Chester Crown Court has heard.
Bilham’s lawyer told the court that her client denies ever doing anything aimed at ‘imitating a penis’
Bilham would have set up a fake Snapchat profile under the name ‘George Parry’, a court has heard
The jury also heard about messages the girl exchanged with her mother, who grew suspicious after meeting “George” and telling her daughter that she didn’t believe her boyfriend was a man.
After ‘he’ cleared up her suspicions that he was really female, the pair started sleeping together at her house, with ‘George’ insisting on keeping his hood up at all times.
But as “George” regularly performed sexual acts on her, he started shaking until she stopped, when she tried to lower “his” Calvin Klein boxers.
“George” told her he was too scared to take off his top or even pull down the hood because he worked for an Albanian criminal gang.
He also said he was self-conscious because of a stabbing scar, the prosecutor said.
However, the prosecution finally learned the truth after introducing “George” to her mother, who the prosecution claimed had not been apprehended.
Bilham, from Alpraham, Cheshire, is charged with nine counts of assault and eight counts of penetrative assault, all of which she denies.
Under cross-examination by Martine Snowdon, Bilham’s lawyer, the alleged victim admitted today that the relationship was like an ‘addiction’ and ‘not healthy’.
Ms Snowdon pointed to messages between the couple which she said showed the teenager was aware that ‘George’ was being ‘unfair’ and was ‘pretending to be someone else’.
Bilham is charged with nine counts of assault and eight counts of penetration, all of which she denies
The alleged victim acknowledged that she knew that “George” was not always “honest” with her. But she insisted she always believed he was a boy, even after a car accident in May 2021 when police called him “Georgia.”
The alleged victim acknowledged that she knew that “George” was not always “honest” with her.
But she insisted she always believed he was a boy, even after a car accident in May 2021 when police called him “Georgia.”
Ms Snowdon referred to messages the teen sent ‘George’ saying ‘OK little boy/girl?’ and “How are you girl?”
In another, she wrote, “I hate being a girl, but you know what that feels like.”
The alleged victim replied that the messages were “banter” and a “joke” between her and “George” and denied sending them because she knew “he” was a girl.
In another message, she told “George,” “I just don’t believe anything you say.”
Ms Snowdon suggested it showed the teenager knew George was a girl and not a boy.
‘No, it was about his stories, the Albanians,’ she replied.
“I couldn’t have a relationship with someone who wasn’t honest with me.”
As “George” regularly performed sexual acts on her, he began to shake until she stopped when she tried to lower “his” Calvin Klein boxers.
Ms Snowdon said the teenager ‘kind of knew things’ about ‘George’ but chose to ‘accept it’ because she couldn’t walk away’ from the relationship and ‘fell in love with the person and not who they said they were’.
She also rejected the alleged victim’s claims that Bilham had used something that ‘mimicking a penis’ in her clothing – something the defendant denies.
Ms Snowdon suggested, “You chose to continue with the relationship because you were in love with the person, not who they identified with.”
The process continues.