Sex-case woman, 25, 'pretended to be a man'

A 25-YEAR-OLD woman has appeared in court accused of fraudulently obtaining sexual relations by pretending to be a man.

Samantha Brooks was remanded in custody after appearing on a petition alleging she duped two women into having sexual contact with her.

Brooks is alleged to have kept up the pretence with one of her alleged victims for a period lasting six years.

The crop-haired 25-year-old made a brief appearance in private at Perth Sheriff Court yesterday to face two sex-by-fraud charges.

It is alleged that on various occasions between 1 January 2004 and 31 December last year, she obtained sexual relations by fraud at an address in Bridge of Earn, Perthshire.

She is alleged to have pretended to one young woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, that she was a man called Lee Brooks.

She is then alleged to have induced the woman to repeatedly consent to sexual contact and kiss her.

A second charge alleges that between 15 and 20 September this year, at an address in Perth, she duped a second woman into having sexual relations with her.

Brooks is alleged to have again used the name Lee Brooks to pretend to be a man, before persuading the woman to repeatedly consent to sexual contact.

Brooks is again accused of kissing her victim and obtaining sexual relations by fraud.

Brooks, of West Drayton, Middlesex, made no plea or declaration and the case was continued by Sheriff Robert McCreadie for further examination.

The accused, who spoke only to confirm her name during the brief hearing in private, was remanded in custody to Cornton Vale prison.