An 18-year-old Brit faces 20 years in prison in Dubai after being charged with having sex with a then-17-year-old during a family holiday.
Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London, was held in a notorious UAE prison for days after police heard of his holiday romance from her ‘strict’ mother.
The couple ‘had a wonderful time together’ on holiday in August and hoped to continue their relationship when they were back in London.
But as the girl’s furious mother told Dubai police about the relationship when they returned to the UK, Marcus now faces two decades inside a gruelling Dubai prison.
‘When she left, I couldn’t wait to see her again when I got home. Then suddenly, police knocked on our hotel door,’ Marcus told Detained in Dubai.
‘They said they were taking me in for questioning but wouldn’t tell me why. I couldn’t imagine what for. I was frightened and my parents were terrified.’
Dubai has only recently reformed its laws on sex outside of marriage for tourists, but upholds a…
