Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, was in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with his parents when a “holiday romance blossomed” with another Londoner, Detained in Dubai said
An 18-year-old man has been jailed for one year in Dubai for having a sexual relationship with a girl of 17, according to a campaign group.
It is alleged that, after returning to the UK and seeing pictures and chats, the girl’s mother reported the relationship to Dubai police, who then arrested Mr Fakana at his hotel.Radha Stirling, Detained in Dubai’s chief executive, said the sentence subsequently handed down to Mr Fakana was an “utter disgrace” and “an embarrassment to Britain”, adding that “the UK has prioritised trade deals over people’s lives”.
“The Labour government should be ashamed they have not secured the freedom of a teenage tourist. It wasn’t a difficult job.”
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