Marcus Fakana, an 18-year-old U.K. resident, was sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai for having sexual relations with a 17-year-old.

According to the Independent UK, Marcus Fakana, 18, was on vacation with his parents when he met a girl, 17, who was also staying at the same hotel. The news site reports that the teenagers ...

British teen Marcus Fakana has at last been freed from a Dubai prison - and it's likely his 12 months of hell will have resulted in significant trauma.

Marcus Fakana, an 18-year-old from Tottenham in north London, was on a trip with his parents when he struck up a holiday romance with the girl, who was staying at the same hotel.

Marcus Fakana, an 18-year-old British teen, was sentenced to one year of jail time for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old British girl in Dubai, according to the BBC.

Per a December 2024 report from BBC News, Fakana, who was 18 at the time, was on vacation with his family in the United Arab Emirates in September of that year when he and the then-17-year-old ...

British citizen Marcus Fakana, 18, is facing a one-year prison sentence for his summer romance with a London teenager, 17, who he met while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates.

A British teenager who is in prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl has written to authorities asking for clemency. Markus Fakana, now 19, was on a holiday in the United Arab ...

Marcus Fakana, 18, was convicted of having sex with a 17-year-old while on holiday. He began a secretive romance with the girl – who is now 18 – in September while both were on holiday with their ...

British teen Marcus Fakana has at last been freed from a Dubai prison following 12 months of "hell". Nineteen-year-old Marcus, from Tottenham, north London, had been staying with family in the ...

Marcus Fakana, an 18-year-old from Tottenham in north London, was on a trip with his parents when he struck up a holiday romance with the girl, who was staying at the same hotel. Upon finding out ...