Carlo Tritta is now in jail after grooming the young victim on Roblox
05:00, 10 Apr 2026
Carlo Tritta met his young victim online before his obsessive campaign began(Image: Manchester Evening News)
Carlo Tritta met his young victim online. Aged just 14, he befriended her from gaming site Roblox and convinced her they were together. He manipulated, groomed and ‘love-bombed’ her, buying her gifts and takeaways, and repeatedly called and texted her.
The pair met in September 2024, before 19-year-old Tritta launched a vile ‘campaign of fear’ on the victim and her mum. He broke into their home repeatedly and tried to influence them and intimate them into not giving evidence against him.
Roblox is a popular global online platform and game creation system where users can play 3D experiences and simulations. Predator Tritta, from his home in Eastleigh, Hampshire, began chatting with his victim and also obtained indecent images of her before moving their communication onto other platforms.
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But things quickly turned dark. After the victim’s mum became aware, she contacted police and Tritta was arrested in August 2025. Footage released has now shown the moment Tritta was arrested at work on suspicious of engaging in sexual communications with the victims after meeting on Roblox around a year previously.
He was bailed with strict conditions not to contact the girl or her mother while police seized his phone and began an investigation into its content.
“I know you probably don’t want to hear from me…”
However, Tritta ignored his licence restrictions, and proceeded to contact the girl’s friends through social media, called and texted the victim multiple times and sent her two cards via Moonpig.com trying to encourage her to drop the case.
In pictures now shared by police, the content of the cards has been revealed. In one, it was announced that out of spite, Tritta had reported the victim’s mum to the police and social services.
One floral Happy Birthday card read: “I know you probably don’t want to hear from me and that’s fine and you’ve moved on or at least that’s the sense I get as you’ve gave stuff to the police.
“I want you to know for your protection you’re not going to like it but I have reported your mum and brother to the police. I want you to know I love you and hopefully you’ll think I did the right thing.”
Messages then intensified, despite Tritta being told not to contact the victim. It attempted to threaten her over police gaining access ‘to everything’. Another card, after it was seen by the victim’s mum, then read: “I know your mum saw the last one but you need to seriously think about this.”
It continued: “If this goes to court, it will likely end up on the news. That’s both our names ran through the dirt for the whole world to see and also the officer leading the case is male and he’s going to see everything.” It was again signed off: “I love you.”
During his obsessive campaign, Tritta had reported the girl’s innocent mother to child services, and contacted police trying to get the investigating officer removed from the case. Soon after, Tritta then travelled uninvited to the victim’s family home in Manchester last September.
On Thursday (April 9), prosecutor Rachel Yarwood told Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court that Tritta let himself into the property through the back door and confronted the complainant despite her requesting that he leave.
When the girl became aware of him, she told him to leave. He did, before he then returned 10 minutes later making demands for her new phone number, which she refused to give him. In order to get him away from the home, the girl then agreed to go to a local pub with him.
But the attempts didn’t stop. The following morning, the girl’s mum was putting the bins out when she caught sight of Tritta ducking behind a garage. She confronted him and he left before police were called.
Tritta, aged 19, was arrested and charged with perverting the course of justice, which he admitted in court and he was handed a 12 month suspended sentence on December 11 last year.
Yet he continued three days later again, when he travelled from his home back to Manchester to her address, confronting her and her mother and damaging a CCTV camera. He was arrested and charged with two counts of intimidating a witness and criminal damage.
Based on the content police discovered on his phone, which had been seized previously, he was also charged with three counts of making indecent images of a child, engaging in sexual communications with a child, and causing a child aged 13-15 to watch/look at a sexual image.
Tritta, of West Drive in Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, appeared at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on December 16 where he pleaded guilty to all charges, and was remanded in custody for sentencing at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Thursday (April 9) where he was subsequently jailed for 28 months.
‘I thought it was a child’s game’
In a victim impact statement, the girl said she “felt trapped and upset” and was “scared of going downstairs at night” because she thought the defendant would be there.
The mother, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the Press Association she had uncovered Tritta’s communication with her daughter after the child became depressed, experienced sleep disturbances and developed suicidal thoughts.
The mother said: “I feel like my daughter has been in some kind of abusive, controlling, coercive relationship with somebody who’s a lot older.”
She added: “I don’t feel safe in my own house, I’ve got cameras up, I’ve got to think about safeguarding, I’ve had to change times of school pickup, when I drop off, I just get jumpy in my own house.” Calling for stricter controls on apps designed for children, she also urged parents to monitor their children’s phone activity closely.
Speaking about Roblox, she said: “To me, I just thought it’s a child’s game. I did not think for one minute that these older people, paedophiles, are essentially grooming on these games and contacting these children.
“I try to tell as many people as possible. Watch what your children are playing; they can be dangerous. I thought, my girl, she gets high grades in school, she can be a bit of a moody teenager but she doesn’t go out.
“I just thought how lucky am I that I’ve got my daughter at home with me and she’s safe, but I’m in my bedroom and she’s in the other and all this is happening to her.”
‘They felt unsafe in their own home’
Karina Lyon, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Carlo Tritta preyed on the young teenager and encouraged her to engage in sexual communication and to share intimate images and videos. His actions, for his own sexual gratification, have caused fear and anxiety for the young victim and her family.
“Not only is Tritta a sexual predator, but he has also exhibited deeply troubling behaviour by attending the girl’s address in breach of his bail and a court order, damaging property and trying to interfere with witnesses. The victim and her family were left feeling unsafe in their own home.
“I hope today’s outcome sends a clear message that the Crown Prosecution Service is determined to bring those who exploit children to justice.”
An NSPCC spokesperson added: “Tritta’s appalling offences highlight the problems around online safety and the dangers young people face when they use popular platforms like Roblox.
“It is vital the girl and her family are given the support they need to move forwards with their lives. Online safety advice is available to parents and children on the NSPCC and Childline websites, and our Childline counsellors are available around the clock to support young people who have experienced anything upsetting or concerning online.
“But the onus of online safety should not be on parents and children. Tech companies must ensure the safety of young people is at the forefront of their platforms from day one of the design process.”
Tritta’s behaviour ‘lays bare the terrifying realities of how criminals use the online world’
Following sentencing, DC Jodi Bartlett, who investigated the case, said: “Tritta’s behaviour lays bare the terrifying realities of how criminals use the online world to target and harm vulnerable people. Do you truly know who you, or your child, is speaking to online? The victim in this case was just 14-years-old. She and her mother were subjected to a campaign of fear and abuse at the hands of obsessive and predatory Tritta.
“Gaming platforms should be spaces where people, especially children, are safe. The anonymity of the internet allows dangerous individuals like Tritta to prey on others for their own twisted gain, and the lengths that Tritta went to in order to maintain his abuse of this young girl is shocking.
“The girl and her mother are both to be commended for their bravery which has now resulted in Tritta being put in prison. I would encourage parents to talk openly with their children about how they use the internet, and if you have any concerns, trust your instincts and report these to police.”