UK teenager jailed in Dubai over relationship with 17-year-old girl

Campaign group calls sentencing of Marcus Fakana, 18, from London, an ‘utter disgrace’ and calls for his release

An 18-year-old man from London has been sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, a campaign group has said.

Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, north London, “feels abandoned by the British government and Keir Starmer”, said Detained in Dubai.

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