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Police release mugshot of jailed dad who swapped explicit messages with ‘girl’

Byoxfordnewspaper

Sep 6, 2022

This is the face of the dad-of-two who travelled to Oxford after swapping vile messages with a ‘girl’ online.

Yll Rozhaja, 39, thought he was talking to a 13-year-old child.

He was, in fact, exchanging messages with an undercover police officer – operating a ‘decoy’ account.

He was arrested after travelling from the capital to the meeting outside the Kassam stadium.

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Jailing him for 28 months at Oxford Crown Court on Monday, Judge Maria Lamb said: “You went to the trouble of travelling some quite considerable distance to the Oxford area in expectation of meeting her and I think that does show on your part some significant planning and determination to carry out what you thought you had arranged.”

Thames Valley Police has now released Rozhaja’s custody shot.

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This story was written by Tom Seaward. He joined the team in 2021 as Oxfordshire's court and crime reporter.

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