Briton, 18, facing 20-year jail sentence in Dubai over holiday romance with 17-year-old girl
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Briton, 18, facing 20-year jail sentence in Dubai over holiday romance with 17-year-old girl

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the campaign group says he is now stuck in Dubai facing decades in prison after the girl’s parents looked through her phone and reported him to the police when they got home. “They were worried sick”, said Radha Stirling, Detained in Dubai’s chief executive who is assisting Mr Fakana. This is not something we want to do to young people and we ask Mr Lammy MP to convey this message to his counterparts in the UAE.” The saga comes after a Northern Irish man was detained in Dubai over a negative review he left on a dog grooming company’s website. An FCDO spokesperson said: “We are supporting a British man in the UAE and are in contact with his family” The Independent has contacted Dubai’s Ministry of Justice for comment.

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British teenager Marcus Fakana begins Dubai jail sentence over holiday romance
1 week, 2 days ago

British teenager Marcus Fakana begins Dubai jail sentence over holiday romance

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A British teenager sentenced to one year in a Dubai …

How a teenager’s holiday romance became prison time in Dubai
2 weeks, 5 days ago

How a teenager’s holiday romance became prison time in Dubai

CNN  

CNN — Holiday romances are the stuff of rom-coms and chick-lit — but not for 18-year-old Marcus Fakana, who is facing a one-year prison sentence for his summer fling. The teenager says he’s sorry and regretful for breaking law — but is appealing to the conservative monarchy’s Prime Minister and Dubai ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, to repeal …

Revealed: The full story behind British teen who has been thrown in Dubai hell hole jail for 'holiday fling' - despite being CLEARED of serious accusations
3 weeks ago

Revealed: The full story behind British teen who has been thrown in Dubai hell hole jail for 'holiday fling' - despite being CLEARED of serious accusations

Daily Mail  

A British teenager who has been jailed in Dubai over a holiday romance was cleared of rape - but still faces a year in a hellhole prison because his accuser was two weeks shy of her 18th birthday. British teenager Marcus Fakana who has been jailed in Dubai over a holiday romance was cleared of rape - but still faces …

Marcus Fakana’s family accuse David Lammy of failing to help teenager sentenced in Dubai
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Marcus Fakana’s family accuse David Lammy of failing to help teenager sentenced in Dubai

The Independent  

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Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’

The Independent  

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British teenager Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl
4 weeks ago

British teenager Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. His representative Radha Stirling, from Detained in Dubai, branded the sentence an “utter disgrace” …

British teen, 18, facing 20 years in Dubai prison over holiday romance with girl, 17, was recorded by police as being a 19-year-old Pakistani so he would be treated more harshly, campaigners claim
1 month, 1 week ago

British teen, 18, facing 20 years in Dubai prison over holiday romance with girl, 17, was recorded by police as being a 19-year-old Pakistani so he would be treated more harshly, campaigners claim

Daily Mail  

The British teenager facing 20 years in prison in Dubai over a holiday romance with a 17-year-old girl has been deliberately victimised by local police who recorded his age a year older than it really is - and said his nationality is Pakistani so that he is treated more harshly, it has been dramatically claimed. Campaigners say British teenager Marcus …

Family of Brit tourist, 18, who faces 20 years in UAE prison over fling with UK girl pleading for help from ruler of Dubai
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Family of Brit tourist, 18, who faces 20 years in UAE prison over fling with UK girl pleading for help from ruler of Dubai

Daily Mail  

The family of the teenager being held in Dubai over a holiday romance with a 17-year-old girl last night declared trying to free the teenager was a huge 'emotional battle'. The family of Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London, say his mental health is 'deteriorating' as he is stuck in Dubai facing the possibility of up to 20 years in a …

Family of Briton, 18, facing jail in Dubai over holiday romance say they are all living a ‘nightmare’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Family of Briton, 18, facing jail in Dubai over holiday romance say they are all living a ‘nightmare’

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The family of a young British man facing a 20-year jail sentence …

Family of Brit tourist, 18, say he is stuck in a 'nightmare' and his mental health is 'declining' as he faces 20 years in Dubai prison over fling with 17-year-old UK girl
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Family of Brit tourist, 18, say he is stuck in a 'nightmare' and his mental health is 'declining' as he faces 20 years in Dubai prison over fling with 17-year-old UK girl

Daily Mail  

The family of an 18-year-old Brit who is facing up to 20 years in a UAE prison over a holiday romance have warned that his mental health is 'declining' as they say they are all stuck in a 'nightmare'. Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, was held in Dubai's 'notorious' Al Barsha Police Station for days after the 'strict' mother of a …

Brit, 18, faces 20 years in Dubai prison after he was charged with having sex with 17-year-old fellow UK tourist whose 'furious mother reported him to UAE police' during family holiday
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Brit, 18, faces 20 years in Dubai prison after he was charged with having sex with 17-year-old fellow UK tourist whose 'furious mother reported him to UAE police' during family holiday

Daily Mail  

An 18-year-old Brit faces 20 years in prison in Dubai after being charged with having sex with a then-17-year-old during a family holiday. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London, was held in a notorious UAE prison for days after police received word of his holiday romance from her 'strict' mother. But as the girl's parents told Dubai police about the relationship …

British Woman in Dubai Says 'F*** You' to Flatmate on WhatsApp, Gets Jailed for 2 Years
3 years, 11 months ago

British Woman in Dubai Says 'F*** You' to Flatmate on WhatsApp, Gets Jailed for 2 Years

News 18  

A British woman has been detained and jailed for two years in Dubai for sending ‘F*** You’ to her Ukrainian flatmate over private Whatsapp chat during lockdown. The 31-year-old woman, a human resources manager from Gloucestershire, who has been living in Dubai since 2018, was moving back to the UK permanently last week and planned to join her partner and …

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