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 …
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Foreign Secretary David Lammy has finally acted on desperate pleas to aid a UK teenager charged with a sex crime in Dubai. Mr Lammy has now spoken to Marcus Fakana, 18, who faces up to 20 years in jail for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old British girl during a holiday romance. The group’s CEO Radha Stirling said Mr Lammy …
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