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 …
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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 …
