Carlo Tritta jailed after grooming teenage girl he met on Roblox

A man who groomed a 14-year-old girl he met on the online gaming platform Roblox has been jailed for 28 months. Carlo Tritta, now 19, repeatedly messaged the teenager and encouraged her to send him 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 a loving relationship but it was founded in coercion, control and abuse". Tritta, from Eastleigh, Hampshire, admitted 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 after he twice travelled hundreds of miles to the girl's home as he tried to get her to drop the case. 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." Tritta's abuse came to light after the girl's mother noticed a message on her daughter's phone in August 2025. Tritta and the girl first met while playing a game on Roblox 11 months earlie