Marcus Fakana, 18, was on holiday with his family in the UAE when he met and had sex with a 17-year-old British girl - and now faces a year behind bars in a maximum-security jail

A British teenager has been jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl while the pair were on holiday. 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.

British teen makes emotional plea after being jailed in Dubai for holiday romance - Marcus Fakana and his family have urged foreign secretary David Lammy to intervene in the case

Prosecutors say they acted on a complaint from the girl's mother - but campaigners have criticised the sentence and say the UK government hasn't done enough to help.

Marcus Fakana has been sentenced to one year in jail after having sex with a teen girl while holidaying in Dubai with his family.

An 18-year-old man has been sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, a campaign group has said. Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, “feels abandoned by the British government and Keir Starmer”, Detained in Dubai said.

Marcus Fakana, 18, was arrested for having a consensual sexual encounter with a then 17-year-old girl while the two were on holiday in Dubai

Briton, 18, jailed in Dubai for sex with 17-year-old girl, campaign group says - Detained in Dubai said Marcus Fakana ‘feels abandoned by the British government and Keir Starmer’.

An 18-year-old Brit has been jailed after having a 'holiday romance' in which he had sex with a 17-year-old girl. Marcus Fakana, from London was on holiday with his family in the UAE, and has now been sentenced to a year in prison. The 17-year-old, who he met at his hotel, is also believed to be from London.