French authorities arrested a convicted sex offender who reportedly attempted to stage a "mock wedding" with a 9-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris.

The French authorities said a 39-year-old had attempted to conduct the ceremony with a minor on Saturday. The British police say he is a convicted sex offender.

A man who was arrested after staging a mock wedding with a child bride has been named as a British paedophile who has been on the sex registry list sine 2016. Jacky Jahj appeared at a court in France on Monday,