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Time of India
an hour ago
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- Time of India
South Asian-origin Brit named as man arrested at Disneyland Paris for mock wedding to 9-year-old
(Photo credit: Metropolitan Police) LONDON: A South Asian-origin British national called Jacky Jhaj has been named by UK media as the man arrested in Disneyland Paris last weekend for organising a mock wedding to a 9-year-old Ukrainian girl. Jaskarn, or Jacky Jhaj (39), was arrested last Saturday at the theme park when a 55-year-old actor who had been paid €12,000 to play the role of the father of the bride contacted police when he realised the bride was a child and she turned up looking 'scared and confused'. Jhaj is a convicted paedophile in Britain. He was jailed in 2016 for sexual activity with two 15-year-old girls and placed on the UK sex offenders register. Around 100 children and 200 adults had been paid to take part in the fake ceremony at the Sleeping Beauty castle. The mock wedding was to feature violinists, a cake, and chairs were laid out. TOI understands the plan was to create a video for social media. Jhaj had hired Disneyland Paris for several hours before it opened for the stunt, costing £110,000, allegedly using fake Latvian ID. He was going to play the role of groom to the child bride who could not walk in her bridal dress and heels and had to be carried. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like กำลังเทรดสกุลเงิน THB หรือ USD อยู่หรือเปล่า? IC Markets สมัคร Undo The 41-year-old Ukrainian mother of the girl, a 24-year-old Latvian woman who was to play the bride's sister, and the 55-year-old Latvian man acting as the groom were also arrested and have since been released. Jhaj appeared in front of a judge in Meaux, north-east Paris, on June 23 and was charged with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, and identity theft. He remains in custody. He is a serial prankster behind scores of similar weird stunts. He hired hundreds of teenagers and children, some as young as six, to act as his fawning fans at a fake red carpet film premiere in Leicester Square in 2023 at which he pretended to be a film star, and last year he organised a fake funeral at London Oratory with a horse-drawn carriage and empty coffin, hiring extras as mourners. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: 'A 39-year-old man is wanted by the Met Police for breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a breach of a Sex Offenders' Register notification requirement. We are aware the man has been arrested in France for other matters and officers are in contact with the French authorities.'
Daily Mail
7 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Revealed: The ad to rope in children for British paedophile's 'fake Disneyland wedding' - where kids as young as five were offered 200 euros to take part
The disturbing advert used to rope in children for a convicted British paedophile's fake wedding to a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris has been revealed. Londoner Jaskarn or 'Jacky' Jhaj, 39, was arrested after paying £111,000 to stage the vile fake event at the fairlytale Sleeping Beauty castle, featuring musicians, a cake and chairs for hundreds of 'guests'. Fantasist Jhaj, who has a track record of elaborate, bad taste hoaxes, was jailed for four years in 2016 for grooming and sexually assaulting two 15-year-old schoolgirls, MailOnline previously revealed. Now, a bizarre Facebook advert offering children as young as five 200 euros to take part in the Disneyland stunt has come to light, calling for 100 kids to attend the 'high-end wedding rehearsal'. The ad explicitly states that guests must maintain 'absolute confidentiality', and would have to 'stand up, sit, applaud and play their part in this prestigious gathering'. It was posted by a woman named Christelle Ka, who bills herself as 'actor and TV host' and runs firm Cristal Communications. Her link to Jhaj remains unclear. The offer included a private bus service to take 'guests' from the centre of Paris to the event. Those who attended were required to wear a 'very elegant evening outfit', such as a 'suit, evening dress or tuxedo', according to the ad. The disturbing advert used to rope in children for a convicted British paedophile's fake wedding to a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris has been revealed Disneyland management allowed the 'wedding' bookers to privatise part of the site at Marne-la-Vallée at a cost of around £115,000. Pictured: A man stands beside flowers at the event Jhaj has been charged with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and identity theft, French prosecutors said last night. Posing as the 22-year-old 'groom', Jhaj hired professional make-up artists to disguise his appearance, according to police sources in Paris. Jhaj was jailed for four years in 2016 for grooming and sexually assaulting two 15-year-old schoolgirls, MailOnline revealed last night. He lured them to parties by pretending to be a top Hollywood film producer and plying them with alcohol. Last year, he organised a mysterious fake funeral with an empty coffin, even hiring extras as mourners at the famous London Oratory in Brompton Road, Knightsbridge. The sex offender was also behind a similarly bizarre event in 2023 when a fake red carpet scene was shot in London's West End with 90 children and dozens more teenage extras hired to provide a crowd for the filming. Child actors as young as six were recruited as extras dressed in school uniforms and asked to pretend to faint as Jhaj paraded up and down wearing a red tuxedo as if he were a film star at a premier outside the Odeon Luxe cinema in Leicester Square. He was arrested following the phony movie premiere on suspicion of breaching a sexual harm prevention order and was released on bail. Jhaj, who poses as a film producer, was subsequently fined £1,500 at Isleworth Crown Court last July for breaching notification requirements and a sexual harm prevention order. The source of funding for his expensive set-ups is a mystery.
The Guardian
7 hours ago
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- The Guardian
Briton accused of staging Disneyland mock wedding with child is charged with fraud offences in France
A British sex offender accused of staging a mock wedding with a child at Disneyland Paris has been charged with money-laundering and fraud offences in France. Jacky Jhaj, 39, who was found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds in 2016, was arrested this weekend at Disneyland Paris after the theme park was hired for a private wedding. Staff are said to have called police when they saw that the 'bride' dressed in a wedding dress was in fact a nine-year-old girl. Jhaj, who prosecutors said was playing the role of the groom in the mock wedding, has been charged by an investigative judge in Meaux with offences including money laundering and identity theft. The nine-year-old girl, who is Ukrainian, was not harmed, police said. Jhaj was identified as the arrested man by the BBC, which has previously published investigations into him. French police and prosecutors have not named him, though prosecutors said the charged man had a criminal record in the UK for sexual assault offences. Jhaj is accused of organising a bizarre mock marriage ceremony that included an orchestra, a giant cake and a backdrop of a Disney castle. He had organised for more than 100 paid extras to be bussed from Paris. They believed they were playing the role of guests in a real wedding scenario. The French court also opened an investigation into the suspected corruption of a minor, designating the man as an 'assisted witness' – a step before being indicted. Disneyland Paris is Europe's most-visited theme park and can be hired for weddings at a very high price outside opening hours, with its Sleeping Beauty castle as a backdrop. The event had been scheduled to take place between 5am and 7am on Saturday for a price of around €130,000 (£111,000). The French state prosecutor in Meaux, Jean-Baptiste Bladier, said the British man played 'the role of the groom after being professionally made up to display a face completely different from his own'. Bladier said French judicial authorities were informed by British police that the man 'has been convicted in the past, notably for sexual offences against minors'. The Metropolitan police in London said a 39-year-old man was currently wanted for breaching a sexual harm prevention order and a breach of a sex offender register notification requirement. In a statement, they said: 'We are aware the man has been arrested in France for other matters and officers are in contact with the French authorities.' PA Media reported that the man was placed under supervision after being convicted of sexual activity with two 15-year-old girls in 2016. The French prosecutor said investigations had showed that the Disneyland 'marriage' was in fact 'a fictitious ceremony intended to be filmed privately'. The prosecutor's office designated a 24-year-old Latvian, who played the role of the bride's sister at the event, as an assisted witness in the investigation. The British man is suspected of 'recruiting, with the help of a Latvian citizen, other Latvian nationals to ensure the smooth running of the event, as well as around 100 French extras, who were falsely presented to Disneyland Paris as wedding guests', the prosecutor said. The Ukrainian child, who arrived in France two days before the event, suffered 'no violence, either physical or sexual' and 'was not forced to play the role' of bride, the prosecutor said at the weekend. According to the prosecutor, Disneyland Paris was deceived, with 'the organiser impersonating a Latvian national and using false documents to secure the contract to hire the park'. Disneyland Paris has also filed a legal complaint.
Yahoo
9 hours ago
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- Yahoo
British paedophile charged over mock Disneyland wedding to child
A British man arrested at Disneyland Paris for allegedly trying to stage a mock wedding with a child bride has been named. Paedophile Jacky Jhaj, 39, appeared at a French court on Monday charged in connection with the disturbing ceremony at the theme park on Saturday. Jhaj is well-known to UK police and was placed on the sex offenders register in 2016 after being found guilty of sexual activity with two underage girls in Feltham, West London. Reports suggest that around £110,000 was paid to hire Disneyland Paris for the private wedding event before the park opened to members of the public. Le Parisien, which first broke the story, said park staff alerted authorities when they saw the child playing the role of the bride appearing in high heels, barely able to stand. The BBC reported that the event was to be filmed by Jhaj's team with around 100 French extras recruited to take part. Following Jhaj's arrest, the BBC reported that he appeared before a judge in Meaux, Paris, charged with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering, and identity theft. Prosecutors said the girl is a Ukrainian national who had arrived in France with her 41-year-old mother two days prior to the mock ceremony. Three other people were arrested on Saturday – including the girl's mother, a 24-year-old Latvian woman who played the sister of the bride, and the 55-year-old Latvian man hired to play the 'father of the bride', the tribunal in Meaux Jean-Baptiste Bladier said. Disneyland Paris was 'deceived' after the identity of a Latvian man and fake identification documents were used to secure the private event at the park, and that about a hundred hired extras were falsely presented to the company as wedding guests. Preliminary findings also stated the 'groom' had allegedly been 'made-up professionally so that his face appeared totally different from his own', according to the prosecutor. French prosecutors said on Tuesday they have been in touch with British authorities and identified the convicted sexual offender who is wanted in the UK. Since Jhaj was registered on the sex offenders list in 2016, he has been accused of holding staged productions involving young people, according to a BBC investigation. In 2023, the corporation alleged he hired hundreds of children to act as fans at a fake film premiere in London. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: "A 39-year-old man is wanted by the Met Police for breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a breach of a Sex Offenders' Register notification requirement. "We are aware the man has been arrested in France for other matters and officers are in contact with the French authorities." The Independent has contacted the courthouse in Paris and Disneyland Paris.
Scottish Sun
11 hours ago
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- Scottish Sun
Brit paedo duped me into rounding up kids for Disneyland child wedding…his girl ‘bride', 9, has been saved from hell
THE casting director behind the Disneyland child wedding has revealed she was duped into rounding up kids to watch Brit paedophile Jacky Jhaj "marry" a nine-year-old girl. Amande Cross says she was initially presented with a "high-end luxury wedding-themed rehearsal" which soon transcended into the "extremely disturbing" event. 8 Jacky Jhaj is a convicted paedophile who was jailed for four years in 2016 8 The ad for the sickening Disneyland 'child wedding' has been revealed Credit: Facebook 8 Jhaj was allegedly the 'groom' in a mock wedding ceremony with a child at Disneyland Paris Credit: 8 Anande Cross said she was duped' by the Brit paedo Credit: JDN Viadeo Jhaj, 39, previously jailed in the UK for child sex offences, was arrested for putting on the sick stunt below the Sleeping Beauty castle as hundreds of alarmed "guests" watched. The disgraced self-proclaimed director and actor from Feltham was put away for four years in 2016 after being found guilty on four counts of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds. His latest arrest came on Saturday, with French police charging him with multiple offences on Tuesday in connection with the staged stunt. The sex offender was allegedly the "groom" in the twisted fake wedding ceremony - involving a nine-year-old girl as "bride". Staff at Disney immediately called cops after seeing a "scared and confused" child in a big dress with four-inch heels taped to her feet, reports French newspaper Le Parisien. Jhaj was described as the "mastermind" behind the disgusting stunt. I'm most all relieved this little girl has been saved from hell Anande Cross The Facebook ad for the abominable production was revealed, offering kids as young as five 200 euros to be an "extra" in the fake wedding. Now the casting director behind the stunt has spoken out on her devastation after being duped by sick Jhaj. Anande Cross of Le Casting Parisien told The Sun how the "wedding-themed rehearsal" turned out to be something "extremely disturbing and unqualifiable," orchestrated by "a very sick man". She said as soon as she "found out" what was happening, she "reached out to the extras to provide moral support" and "began documenting everything for possible legal follow-up". Massive fireball explosion near O2 arena caused by convicted paedophile who blew up BBC lorry while filming NAKED Anande explained: "I cannot express strongly enough the revulsion and grief I feel for what occurred. "I am particularly heartbroken for the families and children who were present that day, some of whom were kicked out of the park like criminals, left stranded in the early hours of the morning. "It was inhumane, and I stand in full solidarity with the French artistic community I'm part of." Both Disneyland Paris and the "guests" claim they were deliberately misled - none knew a child would be involved in the mock wedding. Anande added that she is "relieved that this known predator" is "behind bars" but remains concerned of the "systematic failures that allowed this to happen in the first place". Jhaj has reportedly been charged with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and identity theft after the horror incident. Anande said: "I stand today in anger and fierce solidarity with all the victims and I'm most all relieved this little girl has been saved from hell. "I want to thank the extraordinary artists, actors, and models who showed strength, calm, and unity during this nightmare. 8 A bracelet given to guests at the fake ceremony showed the name 'Jack' as the pretend husband on behalf of paedophile Jacky Credit: Instagram/bfmtv 8 Guests at the twisted mock 'wedding rehearsal' in front of Disneyland Paris' Sleeping Beauty castle Credit: 8 The man posing as the 'groom' claimed that he was the director of a production company and that they were shooting a video Credit: Instagram "I now know that you can never be too thorough when vetting clients, and I vow to uphold even stricter investigative standards moving forward." The casting director concluded how justice mustn't be "selective" but be "for all". 100 kids aged five to 15 were required in the production, according to the ad, with those involved having to maintain "absolute confidentiality". Their role was to "stand up, sit, applaud and play their part in the prestigious gathering". A private bus service to transport "guests" from the Paris city centre to the "exceptional live shoot" was offered. And those who attended what was dubbed in the ad a "high-end wedding rehearsal" were required to wear a "very elegant evening outfit" like a "suit, evening dress or tuxedo". Jhaj and the "bride" girl's 41-year-old mother, believed to be Ukrainian, were arrested, along with two others involved in the ceremony. Moment convicted paedophile wandering street with girl, 6, is snared by cops The sex offender even conned Disney officials by "assuming the identity of a Latvian national and using false documents to secure the contract" of the park, according to a Meaux prosecuting spokesman. Prosecutors confirmed on Tuesday that Jhaj is known in the UK "for sexual offences against minors" and is on the run from British authorities, French prosecutors say. Before his arrest, he drove around the streets of Hounslow, offering girls alcohol and claiming to be a Hollywood film producer. After his conviction, Detective Constable Nav Johal, the investigating officer from Hounslow CID, said: "Thanks to the courage and bravery of the young vulnerable victims who gave evidence, a dangerous sexual predator has been brought to justice. 'I am hopeful that the verdict and sentencing will give them some peace and closure, and they will be able to, in time, move forward from this difficult period." But the convicted paedophile has pulled a string of distasteful stunts since being released from jail. In September 2024, Jhaj staged an explosion using an old BBC truck and Union Jack-draped vehicles packed with explosives, filming himself naked as the blaze spiralled out of control behind him. A year before the explosion, footage surfaced of Jhaj mixing with around 200 children and 100 young women at a film shoot in London's Leicester Square. A Met spokesperson said: "A 39-year-old man is wanted by the Met Police for breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a breach of a Sex Offenders' Register notification requirement. "We are aware the man has been arrested in France for other matters and officers are in contact with the French authorities."
