Marcus Fukana, from London, held in a Dubai prison after having sex with a 17-year-old girl could face 20 years behind bars.
Human rights campaigners are working to free Marcus Fakana after he was jailed in Dubai A British teenager held in a Dubai prison after having sex with a 17-year-old girl could face 20 years behind bars. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London , was jailed in the United Arab Emirates during a family holiday. The 18-year-old was detained and given a one-year sentence after the secret romance with the young woman, now aged 18, he met during a family vacation, according to Detained in Dubai .
There won’t be a translator. He’ll probably be pushed into court for a minute and then pushed straight out again.’ Why was Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai? Marcus has previously told Detained in Dubai, a human rights advocacy group, that him and the girl ‘really liked each other’ as they struck a holiday fling.
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