A woman accused of sexually assaulting a teenager after pretending to be a male drug dealer adopted a Brummie accent and met a second female, a court heard. Georgia Bilham, 21, is charged with 17 sexual offences after allegedly deceiving a 19-year-old woman.
Bilham posed as a fictitious drug dealer on Snapchat, named George Parry, and wore a hood to meet the short-sighted victim, a jury heard. She claimed she challenged Bilham after discovering her real identity in August 2021.
Bilham said she used the disguise due to being “paranoid” over an involvement with Albanian gang members. The Chester Crown Court jury also heard from another woman, Nikita Hughes, who said she had been speaking to ‘George’ online.
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The 22-year-old claimed she had a number stored in her phone as ‘Brummy George’. She said: “They used to have like a bit of a Birmingham accent, like a male Birmingham accent.”
She added that ‘George’ would send her photos, which she believed were of him, and they spoke “all the time” – including on FaceTime. In May 2021, she said they met when George drove to see her in North Wales.
She added: “He was wearing his hood up the whole time and I just thought he must be shy. It was weird.” She claimed that at one point she caught a glimpse of his face but he pushed her away.
The woman said “the way he behaved was strange” in the short time she was with him and decided not to see him again.
Bilham, of Bunbury Road, Alpraham, Cheshire, denies nine sexual assaults and eight counts of assault by penetration. The court heard how she told her mum that she is not a lesbian after the alleged deception.
Bilham told her mum she and the teenaged complainant had “clicked” since the start of their contact. She said: “I know I should have cut it off but, like, if I didn’t feel the way I did it would have been a million times more easier.
“I would have just stopped without thinking about it.” She added: “I’m not a lesbian, like I’m genuinely not, if that hadn’t have happened I would never go near a girl. I wouldn’t have had the boxers, none of it.”
The court has heard the woman said she believed she had felt a penis through Bilham’s clothing on two occasions when they were together. In the message to her mother, the defendant said: “The boxers and socks, you already know the truth behind that.”
She added: “I know this happened more than once but I actually don’t like girls. Maybe I do need help.”
(Proceeding)
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