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A British woman jailed after posing as a man and tricking her female friend into having sex with her is set to appeal her sentence.

Gayle Newland of Willaston was convicted of three counts of sexual assault in 2015 and given eights year in prison, The Guardian reports.

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The 26-year-old created an alter-ego, complete with Facebook profile, named “Kye Fortune” and convinced the victim to wear a blindfold during the 100 hours they spent together. “Kye” explained he was self-conscious after undergoing brain surgery.

Over the course of two years, they had sex 10 times and the victim only realized the truth when she took off her blindfold to see Newland wearing a prosthetic penis.

Judge Roger Dutton described Newland as “an intelligent, obsessional, highly manipulative, deceitful, scheming and thoroughly determined young woman” during the trial.

Newland’s appeal is set for Oct. 12 at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

During her trial in 2015, Newland told the court a blindfold was never used, nor did she conceal her body by strapping bandages to her chest.

Newland appeared surprised when the judge sentenced her to jail. The Associated Press reported she screamed “Oh my God” and had to be physically removed from the dock and led out of court by two officers.

An online petition supporting Newland appeared on change.org ten months ago, asking authorities to reduce the sentence. It has received roughly 1,400 signatures.