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Teen freed after holiday sex led to a Dubai jail

Irish Daily Star

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July 08, 2025

A YOUNG man who spent months in a Dubai prison after having consensual sex with another teen has been returned to the UK following his ordeal, an advocacy group has announced.

- BY PATRICK HILL and LIAM DOYLE

Marcus Fakana, 19, from Tottenham in north London, was jailed in the United Arab Emirates last year over a relationship he had with a fellow Brit, who was also from London, while on holiday in the Middle East last August.

The woman, who is now 18, had failed to tell Marcus she and him were not the same age when they established their relationship last year.

Sex between under-18s is illegal in the UAE, and Marcus was kept behind bars for months after he was arrested over the relationship by local police, who had been tipped off by the girl's mother.

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