A British teenager jailed in a ‘hellish’ prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl wasn’t allowed to speak to ...

A GoFundMe fundraiser set up by Fakana’s family has now passed £54,000 and will go towards the mounting legal costs.

18-year-old Marcus Fakana from Tottenham handed himself into Dubai's Al Awir prison after being convicted of being in a relationship and having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl in Dubai.

Marcus Fakana, 18, from London, was arrested and charged after the girl's mother found their chats and pictures. He intends to serve his year-long sentence but still hopes the UK foreign secretary or ...

British teenager Marcus Fakana has surrendered himself to authorities in the UAE and begun his one year jail sentence in the notorious Al Aweer prison after having sex with a 17-year-old girl in ...

A British man sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl has handed himself in to begin his sentence, a campaign group has said. Marcus Fakana, 18, ...

Marcus Fakana, 18, a construction apprentice, was arrested in August after the mother of the girl he had a secret romance with filed a complaint about Marcus to the Dubai authorities on her ...

Marcus Fakana, from London, “now hopes for a pardon” from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, campaign group Detained in Dubai said. | ITV National News ...

Marcus Fakana, 18, was convicted of having sex with a 17-year-old while on holiday. He began a secretive romance with the girl – who is now 18 – in September while both were on holiday with ...

Marcus Fakana's lawyer said the teen did not know how old the girl was as they were in the same school year before he was arrested by Dubai police and jailed for a year ...