Marcus Fakana was with his parents in the United Arab Emirates from the end of August when a ‘holiday romance blossomed’.

A British teenager sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail over a holiday romance with a 17-year-old girl has handed himself in ...

Fakana and his lawyers are now deciding whether to appeal his one-year sentence in Dubai Central Prison, a jail with a poor record for human rights abuses and torture — although there’s a ...

Pamela O’Rourke says cannabis products for chronic pain condition, though not prescribed A Mississauga man is facing life in prison in Dubai for travelling with more than 100 grams of cannabis ...

An 18-year-old Briton convicted of having sex with an underage 17-year-old British girl in Dubai has handed himself in to authorities there to begin a one-year jail sentence, a charity says.

A British teenager is said to have 'handed himself in' to a prison in Dubai to begin his sentence after being found guilty over a holiday romance. Marcus Fakana had met a 17-year-old girl also ...

British teenager Marcus Fakana is facing a year in Dubai’s notorious Al Awir prison, where inmates have reported ‘torturous’ and ‘hellish’ conditions, after he had sex with a girl he met ...

A British teenager who was sentenced to one year in prison in Dubai is said to have spent the start of the New Year in "isolation" - as a protest to "bring him home" has been planned for the weekend.

Marcus Fakana, 18, was handed a one-year prison sentence in Dubai on December 11, 2024. - Detained in Dubai/PA Legislation around relationships, alcohol and online activity are some of the issues ...