A woman told police of her disbelief when she discovered that her “boyfriend” of two years was a female friend, a jury has heard.

The complainant said she thought she was having sex with a man called Kye Fortune, who was recovering from a brain tumour and did not want her to see his scars.

But she claims she eventually discovered it was in fact her 25-year-old friend Gayle Newland, who had persuaded her to wear a blindfold throughout their sexual encounters in which a prosthetic was used.

‘Straight away she held her hand down over her face and said ‘it’s not what you think’…’