A TEENAGE boy who made an allegation of sexual assault was sent death threats by the person he accused.

Sinead Casson, of Pentland Close in Winsford, told the victim via a Facebook message: 'Understand me; next time you see me, you’re dead'.

Casson, who identifies as a trans woman, sent threatening messages to the teenager on February 22 this year while on bail awaiting trial for the alleged sexual assault of June 22, 2023. 

She was acquitted of the sexual assault charge after trial at Warrington Magistrates Court on Friday, July 12, but had previously admitted sending the menacing messages in breach of bail conditions.

During the trial, the court heard how then charity shop worker Casson and the victim hadn't known each other long before things turned sour.

Within days, the defendant began sending the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, Facebook messages with kisses, which made him feel 'uncomfortable'.  

The boy had only known Casson a week before she asked him back to her flat, which was only agreed to after 'she wouldn’t stop pestering'.

Once there, 26-year-old Casson gave the boy alcohol, which he didn’t normally drink, while playing computer games on the sofa.

The victim alleged she put her legs, then head, on his lap before kissing him against his will.

The court then heard the teenager tried to ‘wriggle away’ but Casson 'wouldn’t budge’, adding: ‘She is stronger than me - I couldn’t get out’.

While being cross-examined by Casson's solicitor, Jonathan Keane, the boy agreed he hadn’t told Casson he didn’t consent to the kiss.

The defendant later said she had no memory of the teen trying to wriggle away, but agreed she didn’t ask whether he consented.

Casson said she ‘felt the kiss back’, adding: "It wasn’t just a one-way contact. I took it as consent."

Prosecuting, Ed Handley described this as ‘a load of nonsense’, adding: “Cornering a mild-mannered, meek complainant who is not vocal on the sofa is not the same as getting consent.

“You’re a persistent character who doesn’t take no for an answer. You did nothing to ensure he consented to your kiss because you didn’t care.”

In the interests of a fair trial, magistrates were not told about the death threats Casson made to her accuser until after they returned their verdict of not guilty on the sexual assault charge. 

The prosecution 'had not proven Casson did not have a reasonably held belief the boy consented to the kiss', the chairman of the bench said.

For sending the menacing messages, Casson was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, half to be served behind bars, minus time already served on remand.