An 18-year-old British man sentenced to a year in prison for a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old British girl in Dubai has appealed to the emirate’s ruler “to let me go home”.
Marcus Fakana, from north London, began a secretive holiday romance in September with another Londoner, who is now aged 18.
After returning home and seeing pictures and chats, the girl’s mother reported the relationship to Dubai police, who arrested Fakana at his hotel. Sex with another person aged under 18 is illegal in Dubai.
