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

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Marcus Fakana was sentenced to a year in Dubai prison open image in gallery A policeman enters Dubai's Al-Awir central prison in the United Arab Emirates “Let me go home. open image in gallery Inmates at the library of Dubai's Al-Awir central prison Londoner Suneet Jeerh, 25, was caged in the jail in 2013 after being arrested with two friends after police found a synthetic cannabinoid “spice” in their car. open image in gallery The United Arab Emirates tests prisoners for HIV but does not treat all of them “He was skinny and he wasn’t himself,” she said, adding: “He was banging on the door calling my name and I just wanted to hug him.” There were reports of poor food handling and inadequate general hygiene in special detention facilities for drug offenders. David Haigh, the ex-managing director of Leeds United who was held for nearly two years on trumped up fraud charges, described conditions back in 2017. open image in gallery A doctor shows a room at the medical centre of Dubai's Al-Awir central prison “The only way to describe being in prison in Dubai is hell,” he told The Independent.