Strap On Penis Lady Maquerading as a man gets 8 years for assault on another female

[The Libertarian]

There's nowt as quare as folk!
A young woman received an 8 year jail sentence in Chester for masquerading as a man with a strap-on while pegging/riding her unwitting blind folded female lover! Apparently this happened 10 times, with the other lady believing she was with a man, until she took off her blinfold during a session and obseved the other lady with a plastic cock!

http://www.independent.ie/world-news...-34194342.html

BTW Gayle Newland, the defendant seems to be a bit of a looker!
3 questions -
1 is 8 years excessive/tpp light for this offence, is it rape pure, plain and simple?
2 Can a strap-on really feel that much like a cock? (no cork ladz allowed on this one!)
3 How can the defendant not know that she was dealing with another woman?

I have heard of a lady who used to dress up and present herself like a man and pick up unwitting ladies, but on getting them back to her shack, she would reveal the truth before any action took place and her chosen partner for the night would invariably still go ahead with the deal!