Girl dressed as boy to date her female friends

A young woman who disguised herself as a boy to date her own female friends has been jailed for 30 months.

Gemma Barker, who was aged 19 at the time, gave herself false male identities so she could have sexual encounters with her 15 and 16-year-old victims.

Barker, now 20, of Staines, Middlesex, was told by judge Peter Moss at Guildford Crown Court she would be in custody for the first half of the term and serve the remainder on licence.