Jacky Jhaj: British man charged over mock Disneyland wedding to child had been investigated by BBC

Jacky Jhaj, a convicted paedophile, has staged several elaborate productions involving children and young people since he was released from prison.

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Jhaj, 39, has been charged in connection with organising the fake ceremony on Saturday, in which a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl was due to feature as his bride.

He was arrested when police were called on Saturday morning by an actor who said he had been hired by Jhaj to play the father of the bride.

The BBC has previously investigated how Jhaj was able to hire hundreds of children to act as his fawning fans at a fake film premiere in London's Leicester Square in 2023.

Some of the children, who had been hired from casting agencies, were as young as six.