Gay man tricked four straight men into sex

A GAY man who duped straight men into having sex by forcing them to wear blindfolds is facing jail.

Duarte Xavier lured his four victims by posing as a woman on the dating app Tinder. He then insisted the men wear a blindfold when they arrived at his flat.

The 33-year-old also met victims in a park, where he fooled men into having intercourse with him.

In one case Xavier – originally from the Portuguese island of Madeira but living in Bournemouth, Dorset – made one victim wear a pillowcase during sex.

He was yesterday found guilty of six counts of “causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent” with the four men.

Michael Hunter, Judge Advocate General, said: “In all sexual offences we must take into consideration the effect it has on the victims.

“It is a serious matter and it warrants a substantial term of imprisonment. These were offences that were committed by stealth. There was a great deal of planning that went into them. They call for a substantial custodial sentence.”

The men, who cannot be named for legal reasons, gave their accounts of the duplicity, dating from February 2016.

One victim said Xavier sounded like a woman when he arranged a meeting for sex via a telephone call.

Another said Xavier sounded “feminine” when they arranged to meet at his flat, before the pair had sex.

A third, who met him at Xavier’s flat in Wandsworth, south-west London, removed a blindfold during oral sex to see his face.

He told the court: “I slapped this man in his face once or twice and I said ‘Why didn’t you tell me the truth?’”

Xavier was remanded in custody at Kingston Crown Court until a later date when he will face sentencing.