A ‘gifted con artist’ jailed for duping a woman into a two-year sexual relationship by pretending to be a man has been convicted of a near-identical deception.
Blade Silvano, 44, was jailed for more than ten years in 2023 after setting up a fake dating profile on Plenty of Fish before using ‘deceit and lies’ to convince her victim she was a man.
The former café owner – who falsely claimed to be an Army officer – concealed her lower body with a large T-shirt, had sex using a strap-on sex device, and sent pictures of herself appearing to wet shave.
The couple
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