Marcus Fakana: Briton, 18, jailed in Dubai over sex with girl, 17
An 18-year-old Briton convicted of having sex with an underage 17-year-old British girl in Dubai has handed himself in to authorities there to begin a one-year jail sentence, a charity says.
Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, north London, began a secretive romance in September with another Londoner, who is now 18, while both were on holiday with their families.
After returning home and seeing pictures and chats between the pair, the girl’s mother reported the relationship to Dubai police, who arrested Fakana at his hotel. Sex with someone under 18 is illegal in Dubai.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it was supporting a British man in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Related
UK house prices rose by 4.7% in 2024, says Nationwide
Some lenders have predicted that falling mortgage rates and rising wages should improve housing affordability during this year.UK Finance, the lenders' trade bo
UK’s biggest ever dinosaur footprint trackways unearthed
The environment they lived in was covered by a warm, shallow lagoon and the dinosaurs left their prints as they ambled across the mud."Something must have happe
Cancers getting diagnosed at earlier stages
One person who has benefitted is Paul Nelson who is 72.He had no symptoms when he went for a lung health check last summer and was diagnosed with cancer.He said
UK’s new city of culture seeks to overturn negative image
Wrightson's not wrong.The headlines about Bradford are often brutal. In recent months, news stories have declared it Britain's gloomiest city (because it has th
