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.

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

Jacky Jhaj was jailed for four years having been convicted of four counts of sexual activity with two 15-year-old girls after posing as a film producer in 2015 and was put on the UK's Sex Offenders' R