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3 days ago
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Farage will risk safety of women by repealing Online Safety Act… his boasts tell predators they can get away with crimes
MET Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told me this week that what young boys are seeing online is directly influencing violence against women and girls. It's not just London. Police across Britain are battling an epidemic of male violence. But our Government's mission is to halve that in the next decade. 3 Others shout from the sidelines but no other party is promising to do this. When Nigel Farage boasts he would scrap the Online Safety Act, he's admitting he's happy to leave the internet as a Wild West and put women and girls at risk. He'd rip up protections that crack down on so-called revenge porn, violent misogynistic content, and posts encouraging self-harm or suicide. He would tear down the defences we've built to hold back dangerous content and make the police's job much harder. The Act age-restricts pornography that has been too freely available for children, with those as young as ten exposed to degrading material. Humiliate and traumatise What it does not do is stop adults from saying or seeing anything legal. In fact, it enshrines protections for freedom of expression, explicitly referring to it 50 times. But Farage and Reform would sacrifice women's safety for empty concerns over free speech. Farage's plan to scrap the Act doesn't simply return us to a bad old status quo. It would tell predators they can get away with this behaviour. YouTube's AI Age Verification: How New Tech Is Protecting Kids Online Our research, published today, shows that Farage's decision to scrap the Act would mean hundreds of these violent men being free not only to offend again and to hurt, humiliate and traumatise women, but to become more confident in their offending. Men like Nicholas Hawkes, who sent photos of his erect penis to a 15-year-old girl and was the first person to be convicted of the new offence of cyber-flashing, created by the Online Safety Act. In Farage's future for Britain, behaviour like this is apparently deemed fine. Or Tyler Webb, who was the first person charged with encouraging serious self-harm online, another offence contained within the Act. He used a communications app to repeatedly tell a vulnerable 22-year-old woman to cut herself, and then to kill herself by hanging during a video call so he could watch. When I visited the Met I was able to see how they've changed tack towards violent and abusive men. Their V100 programme applies counter- terrorism tactics to track down and convict the most prolific perpetrators of violence against women and girls. But those rapists and abusers often begin by testing the water, seeing what they can get away with before evolving into the beasts they now are. Indecent exposure becomes rape. Soliciting naked photos can become something even more dangerous too. No one who abuses women and girls should expect to get away with it, either online or off. 3 And while policing these crimes has stepped up, the police also need to have the powers to act, and strong online rules in place, to halt the tide we've seen in recent years. That's why our Labour Government is making non-fatal strangulation in online pornography illegal, toughening the law and ending the normalisation of a dangerous practice. Not only will making its depiction illegal mean that the police can crack down on those breaking the law, it also brings it into the scope of the Online Safety Act, so porn sites and social media platforms would also be liable. Too often, children have innocently stumbled across dangerous and distressing content. We must do everything we can to stop that from happening. I don't mince my words when it comes to this issue, as it's so important. Labour is on the side of protecting women and girls. It's clear Farage is anything but. By Zia Yusuf of Reform UK THE Online Safety Act is the biggest assault on freedom of expression in this country in our lifetimes. Since it came into force, what has been censored? Footage of a protest against mass immigration in Leeds, comments demanding the end of illegal migration, even biographies of Richard the Lionheart have been quietly removed from social media. If this was really about protecting children from predators, why did this law result in the censorship of a speech in Parliament tearing into those who covered up the grooming gangs? In any case, use of Virtual Private Networks – which allow children to bypass the law's restrictions (as well as parental controls) – has rocketed. The kids run rings around the dinosaur politicians who drafted it. Censorship is so widespread because the law was drafted to give the Government draconian power. This Act threatens social media bosses with criminal liability for their staff if they don't block content the Government deems 'harmful'. Faced with that, who wouldn't overblock? Don't forget this law was cooked up by the Tories. The same Tories who pretend to champion free speech and civil liberties, when it suits them. A Reform government under Nigel Farage will repeal this Act, and pass a law that is fit for purpose to actually protect children, not to silence British people.
The Irish Sun
08-08-2025
- The Irish Sun
My daughter was knifed to death at kids' party in front of son with knife that cut cake…but killer made crucial error
Charlotte Lawlor's killer and her boyfriend left a chilling voicemail while fleeing the scene PARTY HORROR My daughter was knifed to death at kids' party in front of son with knife that cut cake…but killer made crucial error AS CHARLOTTE Lawlor sang happy birthday at her nephew's party, no one could have imagined that just moments later the young mum would be stabbed to death. What makes her death all the more cruel is that the knife used to cut the cake at the 15th birthday celebration was the weapon used by Charlotte's killer to take her life just moments later. 8 Charlotte Lawlor was murdered at a kids' birthday party in front of her son Credit: MET Police 8 Hope Rowe used the same knife used to cut the birthday cake to fatally stab Charlotte Credit: HotSpot Media 8 Her boyfriend, Leigh Holder, convinced Rowe to dispose of the weapon Credit: HotSpot Media Following a mysterious row with fellow partygoer Hope Rowe, Charlotte, 31, was ambushed outside the party and stabbed to death in front of her horrified 11-year-old son. The mum-of-one suffered a fatal blow and died almost instantly on September 15 2024, despite efforts by the paramedics to save her life. After the brutal attack, Rowe fled the scene in her car with boyfriend Leigh Holder, 37, who convinced her to dispose of the blade, which was never found, and to avoid capture. But the pair made a crucial error while fleeing the scene, with Holder accidentally leaving a voicemail on Rowe's phone as he sat next to her. In the recorded voicemail, Holder told Rowe: "You absolute idiot. You killed her, you f**king idiot." Rowe chillingly replied: "Good." Last month, Rowe was found guilty of murder and handed a life sentence of 23 years, while Holder was convicted of perverting the course of justice and jailed for 16 months. Now, Charlotte's mother, Tammy John, 50, has spoken for the first time since her heart-shattering loss. Tammy, from Kent, says: 'It doesn't seem real that Charlotte is dead. 'Our lives are completely changed, and losing my child, there's no words, the pain is horrendous. Evil killer who beheaded girlfriend Phoenix Spencer Horn & tried to dismember her body at Scots flat jailed for 23 years 'No one should lose their child through violence. I shouldn't have buried my child. "Charlotte's son has been left without a mum, and siblings without their older sister and best friend. 'She brought light to everyone's life, and we miss her every day.' Party horror Tammy describes Charlotte, her firstborn, as her best friend and says that they didn't go a day without speaking. The pair's bond grew stronger when Charlotte became a mum at 19. Tammy says: 'Like me, she was also a teen mum. 'I had Charlotte at 17, so I was happy to help her navigate single motherhood. 'Charlotte was such a natural mum and doted on her son.' Over the years, Charlotte moved to different temporary accommodations, sometimes finding herself in unsafe areas prone to crime. 8 Charlotte was ambushed by Rowe after a previous argument earlier that evening Credit: HotSpot Media 8 At her funeral Tammy chose a red theme to honour her daughter's favourite colour Credit: HotSpot Media 8 Charlotte's mother Tammy, pictured together, was left devastated by her loss Credit: HotSpot Media Eventually, when her son turned 10, they were placed in a new build in a nice area of London, and Tammy says her life began to look brighter after her previous struggles. Tammy recalls: 'She was so happy for a fresh start in a nice, safe home for her and her son. 'I helped her decorate the place. I could see her zest for life return.' Every year, Charlotte attended her son's cousin's birthday party. Despite her son not being in touch with his dad, she still made an effort to see his extended family. On September 15 last year, she was at the 15-year-old's party at his home in Stepney Green, East London, when what should have been a day of celebration turned into a day of horror. Charlotte was stabbed in front of her son, other children and party guests after an argument with Rowe earlier that evening. It's unclear what sparked the row, with Rowe refusing to comment when interviewed following her arrest, and later claiming in court that her actions were down to a momentary loss of control. 'Didn't seem real' Early the next morning, Tammy received a call from her other daughter, Rebecca, 26. She delivered the devastating news that Charlotte was dead. Tammy says: 'When Rebecca called and asked if I was sitting down, I knew it wasn't good news. 'When she told me Charlotte was gone, I told her she wasn't making sense. I didn't know what she meant by 'gone'. 'Then, when she said she was dead, I lost it and screamed down the phone in disbelief.' It didn't seem real. I shouldn't have been saying goodbye to my child Tammy Lawlor Tammy rushed to the police station, where she found her grandson in shock. Officers informed Tammy that Charlotte had been stabbed to death at the children's party. What's more, her traumatised son had witnessed it. She was told they had two people in custody. Tammy says: 'At that point, I had no idea they were revellers at the party too. I thought it was a random attack.' Back at hers, Charlotte's son kept asking if Tammy was OK. She says: 'I told him it was OK to cry, but he said he was fine. 'I knew he wasn't, but he was being so strong for everyone. I knew what he must've seen was horrific. 'I was beside myself with grief, but tried to hold it in for his sake.' The next day, Tammy was told that a woman had been arrested alongside her partner, but they'd denied the charges. Tammy says: 'I was horrified it'd happened at a party and was desperate for answers.' Where to seek grief support Need professional help with grief? Child Bereavement UK Cruse Bereavement Relate The Good Grief Trust You can also always speak to your GP if you're struggling. You're Not Alone Check out these books, podcasts and apps that all expertly navigate grief… Griefcast: Cariad Lloyd interviews comedians on this award-winning podcast. The Madness Of Grief by Rev Richard Coles (£9.99, W&N): The Strictly fave writes movingly on losing his husband David to alcoholism. Terrible, Thanks For Asking: Podcast host Nora McInerny encourages non-celebs to share how they're really feeling. Good Mourning by Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn (£14.99, Murdoch Books): A guide for people who've suffered sudden loss, like the authors who both lost their mums. Grief Works: Download this for daily meditations and expert tips. How To Grieve Like A Champ by Lianna Champ (£3.99, Red Door Press): A book for improving your relationship with death. On October 25th, the family held Charlotte's funeral. Over 200 mourners attended, and her body was taken to the crematorium by a horse-drawn carriage. Tammy remembers: 'Charlotte's favourite colour was red, so we had red flowers and released 31 red balloons with personal messages from us all inside. 'It didn't seem real. I shouldn't have been saying goodbye to my child. We were all heartbroken.' 'She's a monster' Months on, in June this year, Tammy had to look into the eyes of her daughter's killer at the trial. Hearing the grisly details of her death left Tammy reeling. Inner London Crown Court heard, Charlotte and Rowe, 33, had gotten into an argument at the party. I'll never hear Charlotte say 'Mum' and she'll never see her son grow up, get married, or have children of his own Tammy Lawlor When Charlotte went to leave with her son, Rowe lay in wait at the bottom of the stairs, armed with the birthday cake knife, before stabbing helpless Charlotte. Tammy says: 'Listening to the evidence made me sick to my stomach. 'Especially that Hope had reacted to my daughter's death the way she did. She's a monster. 'During the seven-week trial, I could hear Hope and Leigh both laughing and joking. 'Like my daughter's life was a big joke, I hated them.' 8 Tammy says she still can't comprehend that her daughter is no longer here Credit: HotSpot Media 8 Tammy, seen with Charlotte when she was younger, says she thinks Rowe's 23-year sentence is a 'joke' Credit: HotSpot Media In 15 minutes, the jury found Rowe guilty of murder and possessing a blade in a public place, and she was handed a life sentence with a minimum of 23 years. Tammy says: 'Her sentence is a joke, there's no justice for my girl. "I'll never hear Charlotte say 'Mum' and she'll never see her son grow up, get married, or have children of his own. 'That was all snatched from her. 'She had her whole life ahead of her, and Hope stole it in a moment of senseless violence. 'We're now the ones with the life sentence.' Tammy is planning to start a charity in Charlotte's name, using music therapy to help kids who've experienced trauma. The family are asking for donations to help pay Charlotte's outstanding bills. Please visit their GoFundMe here to donate.
Scottish Sun
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Brit paedophile behind fake Disneyland wedding ‘took child bride, 9, and her mum on holiday' before grim ceremony
A CONVICTED Brit paedophile allegedly took a nine-year-old "child bride" and her mum on holiday a year before arranging a grim wedding ceremony. Jacky Jhaj, 39, attempted to marry the young Ukrainian girl in Disneyland last month before the "dangerous sexual predator" was arrested. 6 Convicted Brit paedophile Jacky Jhaj allegedly took his nine-year-old 'child bride' and her mum on holiday Credit: MET Police 6 Jhaj, 39, attempted to marry the young Ukrainian girl in Disneyland last month Credit: 6 His sick plan was foiled by Vitalijs - a former Russian special forces paratrooper Credit: Peter Allen Jhaj reportedly spent over £111,000 on the sick wedding plans as he hired more than 100 actors to play guests at the staged event. One of those recruited through a social media callout was told he would play the 'father' of the bride. Devastated Vitalijs, 54, said he had no idea what he had signed up for prior to turning up in Paris. The former Russian special forces paratrooper was one of the first to raise the alarm about the sickening marriage plot. Vitalijs says one major warning sign of Jhaj's true intentions came after he spoke to the bride-to-be's mum. She revealed the London-born predator had been in constant contact with the family for over a year. Jhaj had spoiled the mum with money and gifts and even paid for a family holiday, Vitalijs claimed. He told The Telegraph: "This Ukrainian woman [the mother] told me that she had known this Jacky for a year. "He paid her money and helped her family. "They went somewhere together to relax, the three of them. I think he won her over with gifts." Massive fireball explosion near O2 arena caused by convicted paedophile who blew up BBC lorry while filming NAKED Vitalijs, who only uses his first name for security reasons, also revealed he was offered £550 to play "the father of the bride". But he was lied to as he signed up to give away the girl's 41-year-old mother. He soon realised inside the theme park the "bride" was instead an underage girl as he immediately refused to be a part of the bizarre act. Vitalijs then hatched a plan to get the ceremony cancelled as he broke into the park without a pass on the morning of the planned event. Vitalijs approached the wedding stage and handed a note to Disney staff, who saw a "scared and confused" child in a big dress with four-inch heels taped to her feet. Staff managed to stop the wedding immediately and called the French cops. Several suspects were arrested within minutes - including Jhaj and the girl's mum. Jean-Baptiste Bladier, the Meaux prosecutor, confirmed the Ukrainian child had not suffered "any violence, neither physical nor sexual" and had "not been forced into playing the bride". The mum was later released without charge but Jhaj was held after being labelled the "mastermind" behind the operations. It was then revealed that he had rented the resort outside of its opening hours to host the fake wedding. His sick acts landed him charges of fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and identity theft. He was also placed under assisted witness status for corruption of a minor. After his arrest, the convicted paedophile told the examining magistrates in Meaux: "I'm just a simple actor who took part in a film shoot". His dark past was soon uncovered as in 2016 Jhaj was found guilty of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds in Britain. The investigation into the fake wedding continues. Who is Jacky Jhaj? CONVICTED paedophile Jacky Jhaj, 39, has been previously jailed in the UK for child sex offences. He was on the run from British authorities at the time of the sick wedding stunt, French prosecutors say. The disgraced director and actor, from Feltham, was jailed in 2016 for four years after being found guilty on four counts of sexual activity with two 15-year-olds. Before his arrest, he drove around the streets of Hounslow, offering girls alcohol and claiming to be a Hollywood film producer. But the convicted paedophile has pulled a string of bizarre 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. The incident was reported to be a film production stunt. But it triggered panic, with hundreds of calls flooding emergency services as locals feared a terrorist attack. Residents were not warned beforehand and only found out afterwards through a post on the Borough of Greenwich's official Facebook page. 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. The shoot, which shows some of the children touching Jhaj, took place on October 17, 2023, the BBC revealed at the time. The BBC reported that the organiser of the event - known as "Project BRT" - hired 90 children aged six to 14 from an agency called Jam 200 The production also booked around 100 young women between the ages of 16 to 24 from Uni-versal Extras. 6 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 6 Jhaj was charged with several offences by French police
Scottish Sun
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Mystery of Disneyland ‘child marriage' paedo Jacky Jhaj's hidden fortune as not even COPS know how he funds sick stunts
COPS still don't know how the convicted paedo who staged a 'fake wedding' to a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris is paying for his sick stunts, a court heard today. Jaskarn "Jacky" Jhaj's bizarre mock marriage involved booking out part of the theme park and is believed to have cost him more than €130,000 (£110,000). 9 Jaskarn "Jacky" Jhaj is a convicted paedophile wanted by the Met Credit: MET Police 9 In a sick stunt he faked a marriage in Disneyland Paris with a 9-year-old Credit: 9 Disneyland is a popular holiday destination for children Cops were called to the vile event on Saturday by an actor hired to play the dad of the nine-year-old Ukrainian bride flown out two days before the vile "wedding". Around 100 extras had been hired to pose as congregation members, with the wedding thought to have been filmed by wannabe director Jhaj. He is currently being held by French cops on fraud, identity theft and money laundering charges. The 39-year-old is a convicted paedophile currently wanted by Scotland Yard for breaching court orders imposed when he was caged for four years in 2016 for molesting two 15-year-old girls. Jhaj, who changed his name by deed poll last August to 'London JA', was last seen leaving the UK for Milan in November. This morning, cops told a judge at Isleworth Crown Court in West London that the creep organised fake movie shoots and a Leicester Square film premiere costing thousands of pounds to get close to underage girls. But the authorities - who were at court to beef-up a sexual harm prevention order aimed at stopping Jhaj from having contact with kids - still have no idea how the fame-obsessed paedo is funding his stunts. Benedict Scantlebury, representing the Metropolitan Police, said: 'I can't make any submissions as to the provenance of his wealth. 'But he's a man who clearly seems to have the ability to draw on significant sums of money and he's willing to use that money to spend hundreds of thousands.' He had registered multiple firms with Companies House to arrange and pay for his films, naming as directors people who 'do not appear to be genuine'. Mr Scantlebury said the police wanted to close a loophole in Jhaj's existing sexual harm prevention order that meant he could hire child actors for his stunts as long as they are accompanied by a chaperone. Moment convicted paedophile wandering street with girl, 6, is snared by cops His long history of bizarre stunts includes renting out the Odeon in Leicester Square for a fake film premiere in October 2023, hiring hundreds of kids to act as his fawning fans. Some of the children, who had been hired from casting agencies, were in primary school. Teen girls said they'd been asked to scream for him and try to touch him. Two years earlier - in 2021 - cops were called over concerns about his behaviour towards a 'young girl' on set. A 999 caller told police Jhaj 'tried to get himself and the female actress in a room together', adding that he left in a hurry saying 'I think I'm about to get arrested.' 9 Jhaj, features in a two-hour film uploaded online called "Dangerous Sexual Predator" 9 Jhaj previously held a similar event in which he hired young girls to pretend to faint as he walked up and down a red carpet in Leicester Square A trailer from the film - shown to the court this morning - showed Jhaj apparently firing a machine gun from the top of an armoured car at National Trust-owned mansion Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Jhaj hired around 100 mourners to attend a fake funeral at Brompton Cemetery, West London, in March 2024. He'd booked using a fake name and the actors - including young girls - were unaware he was a sex offender. Three months later, in June, he pulled up in a rented Bugatti supercar outside a dance school in Tower Hamlets, East London, handing out gifts to the students, aged between eight and 14. Jhaj had hired a choreographer to go into the school earlier in the day and hold auditions for another fake production. Then in August 2024 he staged a bizarre shoot near the O2 that saw him blow up a mocked-up BBC News-branded lorry while completely naked. Firefighters were called to the massive blast. On Friday, the court was told: 'The crew did not know that he would be naked during the shoot, and one of the drone operators filming the shoot had his children present at the scene.' Jhaj is suspected of uploading videos from his stunts online using anonymous bot accounts on social media sites. Giving evidence at Isleworth Crown Court this morning, Detective Constable Andy Hawes of the Metropolitan Police said he had 'no doubt' the sicko was also responsible for a two hour YouTube video from 2020 showing the topless pervert driving around picking up girls outside schools. One of the girls was in school uniform. The dash cam-shot video described Jhaj in a title card as a 'dangerous sexual predator' and it promised: 'This footage has never before been seen. Until now.' DC Hawes said blowing up a lorry at the O2 was a 'display of defiance towards the authorities'. 9 A disturbing advert used to rope in children for the fake wedding Credit: Facebook 9 A band for the fake guests as the wedding Credit: Instagram/bfmtv And the other bizarre stunts betrayed his sense of 'gratuitous entitlement'. The detective added: 'He surrounds himself with children. He enjoys their attention. He wants their affection. 'Thankfully, when he has hired casting agencies to provide children it is their legal requirement to provide chaperones.' He said: 'All of the stunts or the most recent ones are done in alias names, some wearing prosthetics, so in the future he can regale these stories to other females without it being linked to his true identity.' On Friday, a judge was told that perv Jhaj has never admitted what he does is wrong and has refused to take part in sex offender workshops aimed at treating his sick obsession with kids. Probation officers have previously flagged him as posing a 'grooming risk to female children' and required him to take polygraph - lie detector - tests, police said. Jhaj, of Feltham, West London, was first convicted in 2016 - when he was jailed for four years for molesting two 15-year-old girls he'd tricked into thinking he was a bigshot film producer. He later staged a video of him allegedly being mobbed by adoring teens - played by actors - while coming out of prison. Last July, he got a let-off £500 fine after he admitted breaching sex offender register notification requirements by failing to tell cops about a new passport. He was last seen by cops in November 2024, when he told officers at Hampstead police station that he would be flying to Munich on November 10 and returning the next day. Jhaj in fact jetted to Milan, Italy, and has not been seen since - although he is currently wanted for breaching court orders. The cop responsible for investigating the paedo producer, DC Hawes, said this morning: 'There have been extensive checks and at borders, airlines, all means of trying to locate Mr Jhaj but no success.' 9 A massive fireball near the O2 saw black smoke float across the Thames Credit: X 9 Jhaj (left) walked away from the fire while being naked Credit: Twitter/@gale_hunte He eventually emerged last Saturday, when he was arrested at Disneyland Paris over the sick wedding prank. Mr Hawes told the court: 'This morning, I took a phone call from the National Crime Agency in Paris who stated that Mr Jhaj has been remanded for four months pending a trial. 'He has lodged an application for bail, which has to be heard within 20 days.' On Friday, Judge Martin Edmunds - who said he'd learnt of Jhaj's arrest from news reports - ruled the case could go ahead in his absence. He stressed that the fake wedding in France was not part of the evidence supporting the police's application to extend the Londoner's sexual harm prevention order. But the judge added: 'I am not in a position to determine the rights or wrongs of the events at Disneyland nor do I purport to do so. 'But I do note they appear similar to other attention seeking stunts which are the subject of this application.' He extended the sexual harm prevention order for a decade and updated its requirements, banning Jhaj from unsupervised contact with kids without prior approval from the cops. In his ruling, Judge Edmunds said: 'The total absence of any evidence showing that the defendant is seeking to address appropriately his preoccupation with children means that a lengthy order is necessary.' He added: 'The stunts show absurd, grandiose thinking, access to very substantial funds to feed his attention-seeking behaviour, and persistent work to generate the illusion that he is a film maker.'
The Irish Sun
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Mystery of Disneyland ‘child marriage' paedo Jacky Jhaj's hidden fortune as not even COPS know how he funds sick stunts
COPS still don't know how the convicted paedo who staged a 'fake wedding' to a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris is paying for his sick stunts, a court heard today. 9 Jaskarn "Jacky" Jhaj is a convicted paedophile wanted by the Met Credit: MET Police 9 In a sick stunt he faked a marriage in Disneyland Paris with a 9-year-old Credit: 9 Disneyland is a popular holiday destination for children Cops were Around He is currently being held by French cops on fraud, identity theft and money laundering charges. The 39-year-old is a Read more on UK News Jhaj, who changed his name by deed poll last August to 'London JA', was last seen leaving the UK for Milan in November. This morning, cops told a judge at Isleworth Crown Court in West London that the creep organised fake movie shoots and a Leicester Square film premiere costing thousands of pounds to get close to underage girls. But the authorities - who were at court to beef-up a sexual harm prevention order aimed at stopping Jhaj from having contact with kids - still have no idea how the Benedict Scantlebury, representing the Metropolitan Police, said: 'I can't make any submissions as to the provenance of his wealth. Most read in The Sun 'But he's a man who clearly seems to have the ability to draw on significant sums of money and he's willing to use that money to spend hundreds of thousands.' He had registered multiple firms with Companies House to arrange and pay for his films, naming as directors people who 'do not appear to be genuine'. Mr Scantlebury said the police wanted to close a loophole in Jhaj's existing sexual harm prevention order that meant he could hire child actors for his stunts as long as they are accompanied by a chaperone. Moment convicted paedophile wandering street with girl, 6, is snared by cops His long history of bizarre stunts includes renting out the Odeon in Leicester Square for a fake film premiere in October 2023, hiring hundreds of kids to act as his fawning fans. Some of the children, who had been hired from casting agencies, were in primary school. Teen girls said they'd been asked to scream for him and try to touch him. Two years earlier - in 2021 - cops were called over concerns about his behaviour towards a 'young girl' on set. A 999 caller told police Jhaj 'tried to get himself and the female actress in a room together', adding that he left in a hurry saying 'I think I'm about to get arrested.' 9 Jhaj, features in a two-hour film uploaded online called "Dangerous Sexual Predator" 9 Jhaj previously held a similar event in which he hired young girls to pretend to faint as he walked up and down a red carpet in Leicester Square A trailer from the film - shown to the court this morning - showed Jhaj apparently firing a machine gun from the top of an armoured car at National Trust-owned mansion Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Jhaj hired around 100 mourners to attend a fake funeral at Brompton Cemetery, West London, in March 2024. He'd booked using a fake name and the actors - including young girls - were unaware he was a sex offender. Three months later, in June, he pulled up in a rented Bugatti supercar outside a dance school in Tower Hamlets, East London, handing out gifts to the students, aged between eight and 14. Jhaj had hired a choreographer to go into the school earlier in the day and hold auditions for another fake production. Then in August 2024 he staged a bizarre shoot near the On Friday, the court was told: 'The crew did not know that he would be naked during the shoot, and one of the drone operators filming the shoot had his children present at the scene.' Jhaj is suspected of uploading videos from his stunts online using anonymous bot accounts on social media sites. Giving evidence at Isleworth Crown Court this morning, Detective Constable Andy Hawes of the Metropolitan Police said he had 'no doubt' the sicko was also responsible for a two hour YouTube video from 2020 showing the topless pervert driving around picking up girls outside schools. One of the girls was in school uniform. The dash cam-shot video described Jhaj in a title card as a 'dangerous sexual predator' and it promised: 'This footage has never before been seen. Until now.' DC Hawes said blowing up a lorry at the O2 was a 'display of defiance towards the authorities'. 9 A disturbing advert used to rope in children for the fake wedding Credit: Facebook 9 A band for the fake guests as the wedding Credit: Instagram/bfmtv And the other bizarre stunts betrayed his sense of 'gratuitous entitlement'. The detective added: 'He surrounds himself with children. He enjoys their attention. He wants their affection. 'Thankfully, when he has hired casting agencies to provide children it is their legal requirement to provide chaperones.' He said: 'All of the stunts or the most recent ones are done in alias names, some wearing prosthetics, so in the future he can regale these stories to other females without it being linked to his true identity.' On Friday, a judge was told that perv Jhaj has never admitted what he does is wrong and has refused to take part in sex offender workshops aimed at treating his sick obsession with kids. Probation officers have previously flagged him as posing a 'grooming risk to female children' and required him to take polygraph - lie detector - tests, police said. Jhaj, of Feltham, West London, was first convicted in 2016 - when he was jailed for four years for molesting two 15-year-old girls he'd tricked into thinking he was a bigshot film producer. He later staged a video of him allegedly being mobbed by adoring teens - played by actors - while coming out of prison. Last July, he got a let-off £500 fine after he admitted breaching sex offender register notification requirements by failing to tell cops about a new passport. He was last seen by cops in November 2024, when he told officers at Hampstead police station that he would be flying to Munich on November 10 and returning the next day. Jhaj in fact jetted to Milan, Italy, and has not been seen since - although he is currently wanted for breaching court orders. The cop responsible for investigating the paedo producer, DC Hawes, said this morning: 'There have been extensive checks and at borders, airlines, all means of trying to locate Mr Jhaj but no success.' 9 A massive fireball near the O2 saw black smoke float across the Thames Credit: X 9 Jhaj (left) walked away from the fire while being naked Credit: Twitter/@gale_hunte He eventually emerged last Saturday, when he was arrested at Disneyland Paris over the sick wedding prank. Mr Hawes told the court: 'This morning, I took a phone call from the National Crime Agency in Paris who stated that Mr Jhaj has been remanded for four months pending a trial. 'He has lodged an application for bail, which has to be heard within 20 days.' On Friday, Judge Martin Edmunds - who said he'd learnt of Jhaj's arrest from news reports - ruled the case could go ahead in his absence. He stressed that the fake wedding in France was not part of the evidence supporting the police's application to extend the Londoner's sexual harm prevention order. But the judge added: 'I am not in a position to determine the rights or wrongs of the events at Disneyland nor do I purport to do so. 'But I do note they appear similar to other attention seeking stunts which are the subject of this application.' He extended the sexual harm prevention order for a decade and updated its requirements, banning Jhaj from unsupervised contact with kids without prior approval from the cops. In his ruling, Judge Edmunds said: 'The total absence of any evidence showing that the defendant is seeking to address appropriately his preoccupation with children means that a lengthy order is necessary.' He added: 'The stunts show absurd, grandiose thinking, access to very substantial funds to feed his attention-seeking behaviour, and persistent work to generate the illusion that he is a film maker.'
