An 18-year-old British boy has been jailed for a year after he had sex with a 17-year-old Londoner he met in Dubai.
Marcus was detained while on holiday with his family According to Detained in Dubai , Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham , was given the one year sentence after he was arrested in his family’s hotel in the UAE. He was on a getaway with his family when a secret ‘holiday romance blossomed’ with the girl, who is now 18. Marcus was charged with underage sex with the girl, even though she was only a few months younger than him.
’ Marcus has been jailed for a year, according to Detained in Dubai But the girl flew back home in August, police showed up at Marcus’ family’s hotel and took the teen into custody. ‘I couldn’t imagine what for. I was frightened and my parents were terrified,’ Marcus said. Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai, wrote on X: ‘Marcus feels abandoned by the British government and Keir Starmer who just spent the weekend in the UAE.
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