Woman jailed after posing as man and duping partner into sex

Blade Silvano, who had two-year relationship with victim, given 10-year sentence at Cambridge crown court

A woman has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in jail for sexual assault after pretending to be a man to dupe a woman into sex using a blindfold, a sex toy and a “wholly fake persona”.

Blade Silvano, 41, met the victim on the online dating site Plenty of Fish in November 2016 and they got engaged as man and woman, Cambridge crown court heard.