Man jailed after grooming girl he met on Roblox

A man who groomed a 14-year-old girl after meeting her on the online gaming platform Roblox has been jailed.

Carlo Tritta, now aged 19, sent persistent messages to the teenager, encouraging her to send sexually explicit images of herself.

Det Supt Rod Kenny, from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, said the victim, from Greater Manchester, "thought she was in loving relationship but it was founded in coercion, control and abuse".

Tritta was jailed for 28 months after pleading guilty to making indecent images of a child, sexual communications with a child and causing a child aged 13-15 to watch a sexual act. He also admitted two counts of intimidating a witness and criminal damage.

Passing sentence at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Judge Kieran Rankin said: "It was clear to you very early on that she was under 16.

"Your behaviour has had a significant negative effect on [the girl] and her family."

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