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British man charged with organising Disneyland Paris "mock wedding" of nine-year-old
The 39-year-old is a convicted sexual offender who is wanted in the UK, French prosecutors have said.
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Sex Offender - Jacky Jhaj
Paedophile charged in connection with organising a mock wedding to a child in Disneyland Paris.
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Who Is Jaskarn aka Jacky Jhaj? ‘British Paedophile’ In Spotlight For ‘Marrying’ 9-Year-Old
Jacky Jhaj has been charged with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and identity theft.
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A British man has been arrested at Disneyland Paris for allegedly planning a fake wedding involving a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl. The man, identified as Jaskarn Jhaj, also known as Jacky Jhaj, was detained last weekend after an actor involved in the event tipped off police.
French authorities revealed that the so-called “mock wedding" was organised under the guise of a film shoot, with over 100 French extras reportedly involved. The event was set to take place within the theme park, which had been rented out for the production.
Jhaj, 39, was later charged with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and identity theft and placed in pretrial detention.
Convicted Paedophile
This is not the first time Jhaj has drawn serious attention. According to a report in the BBC, he is a convicted paedophile in the UK with a known criminal record related to child sexual offences.
In 2016, Jhaj was convicted of sexual activity with two 15-year-old girls. Since then, he has been placed on the UK sex offenders register and has been under a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He has also spent time in prison, but after his release, he continued to stage productions which involved children or young people.
In 2023, he staged a fake film premiere in London’s Leicester Square. For this, he hired hundreds of children from casting agencies, some of whom were as young as six. He wanted them to “act like fans, scream his name and try to touch him." Many of the agencies reportedly had no idea about his criminal background. Teenage girls involved in the event told the BBC they were not informed who they were being asked to perform for.
In another disturbing incident in June last year, Jhaj was spotted giving gifts to children outside a dance audition. A parent recognised him and raised the alarm.
Two months later, he was filmed posing nude in front of a “mocked-up" BBC News lorry that had been set on fire in public.
YouTube Videos
BBC also mentioned that Jhaj had uploaded videos of these staged events to a YouTube channel designed to look like an official performer’s account. The channel reportedly had over 12 million subscribers and more than six million views.
One of the videos, which was uploaded on a different channel, included secretly recorded footage of one of the 15-year-old girls he was convicted of sexually exploiting. Her family told the BBC that the video “destroyed" her life and remained online for four years before it was taken down.
Many such videos remained on his YouTube channel until last September, when Google, which owns the platform, took them down.
BBC also gathered records from videographers, production assistants and technicians who worked on some of the events. It mentioned that the cost of hiring and venues “has run into hundreds of thousands of pounds."
Disneyland Paris “Wedding" Production
According to French media, the mock wedding was scheduled to take place at Disneyland Paris on Saturday. A 55-year-old actor, paid €12,000 (over Rs 12 lakh) to play the bride’s father, became suspicious and alerted police on the morning of the shoot.
Authorities say the nine-year-old Ukrainian girl had arrived in France two days before the event. She was not “forced to play the role" of the bride. The French prosecutor stated that she had not been subjected to violence.
Disneyland Paris had reportedly been booked under a fake Latvian ID. The park allows private rentals outside of normal operating hours and was unaware of the organiser’s true identity. Officials now believe the cost of the mock wedding may have exceeded €130,000 (approximately Rs 1.3 crore).
Wanted In The UK
Following his arrest, the UK’s Metropolitan Police confirmed that Jhaj is wanted in Britain “for breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a breach of a Sex Offenders’ Register notification requirement." Authorities in the UK are now working with French officials on the case.
French authorities revealed that the so-called “mock wedding" was organised under the guise of a film shoot, with over 100 French extras reportedly involved. The event was set to take place within the theme park, which had been rented out for the production.
Jhaj, 39, was later charged with fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and identity theft and placed in pretrial detention.
Convicted Paedophile
This is not the first time Jhaj has drawn serious attention. According to a report in the BBC, he is a convicted paedophile in the UK with a known criminal record related to child sexual offences.
In 2016, Jhaj was convicted of sexual activity with two 15-year-old girls. Since then, he has been placed on the UK sex offenders register and has been under a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He has also spent time in prison, but after his release, he continued to stage productions which involved children or young people.
In 2023, he staged a fake film premiere in London’s Leicester Square. For this, he hired hundreds of children from casting agencies, some of whom were as young as six. He wanted them to “act like fans, scream his name and try to touch him." Many of the agencies reportedly had no idea about his criminal background. Teenage girls involved in the event told the BBC they were not informed who they were being asked to perform for.
In another disturbing incident in June last year, Jhaj was spotted giving gifts to children outside a dance audition. A parent recognised him and raised the alarm.
Two months later, he was filmed posing nude in front of a “mocked-up" BBC News lorry that had been set on fire in public.
YouTube Videos
BBC also mentioned that Jhaj had uploaded videos of these staged events to a YouTube channel designed to look like an official performer’s account. The channel reportedly had over 12 million subscribers and more than six million views.
One of the videos, which was uploaded on a different channel, included secretly recorded footage of one of the 15-year-old girls he was convicted of sexually exploiting. Her family told the BBC that the video “destroyed" her life and remained online for four years before it was taken down.
Many such videos remained on his YouTube channel until last September, when Google, which owns the platform, took them down.
BBC also gathered records from videographers, production assistants and technicians who worked on some of the events. It mentioned that the cost of hiring and venues “has run into hundreds of thousands of pounds."
Disneyland Paris “Wedding" Production
According to French media, the mock wedding was scheduled to take place at Disneyland Paris on Saturday. A 55-year-old actor, paid €12,000 (over Rs 12 lakh) to play the bride’s father, became suspicious and alerted police on the morning of the shoot.
Authorities say the nine-year-old Ukrainian girl had arrived in France two days before the event. She was not “forced to play the role" of the bride. The French prosecutor stated that she had not been subjected to violence.
Disneyland Paris had reportedly been booked under a fake Latvian ID. The park allows private rentals outside of normal operating hours and was unaware of the organiser’s true identity. Officials now believe the cost of the mock wedding may have exceeded €130,000 (approximately Rs 1.3 crore).
Wanted In The UK
Following his arrest, the UK’s Metropolitan Police confirmed that Jhaj is wanted in Britain “for breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a breach of a Sex Offenders’ Register notification requirement." Authorities in the UK are now working with French officials on the case.
French prosecutors said the 39-year-old man was a convicted sexual offender who is wanted in the UK. His name has not been made public.
He was arrested when police were called to the amusement park on Saturday morning at dawn by Disneyland Paris staff who were alerted by a "guest" who said he had been hired by the man to play the father of the bride.
The man said he had been paid €12,000 to play the role and that he only realised at the last minute that the "bride" was a child, according to a statement by Meaux prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier.
The statement also said the Ukrainian girl - who arrived in France two days earlier - had not been a victim of either physical or sexual violence and had not been "forced to play the role" of bride."
Yeah, luckily the Po-po turned up, didn't they?
Picture of the actually previously convicted nonce...
"British man"...
