I had a holiday romance in Dubai but her strict mum told police – now I face 20 YEARS in hellhole jail, says Brit teen

AN 18-year-old Brit is facing 20 years successful jailhouse aft striking up a vacation romance with a teen successful Dubai.

Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, northbound London, was detained by constabulary aft the 17-year-old girl's "strict" parent told cops.

He was held successful a gruelling UAE situation for 3 days and could present beryllium jailed for up to 2 decades.

Marcus said helium and the miss had a "wonderful time" unneurotic aft gathering connected vacation successful August and planned to proceed their romance backmost successful London.

In Dubai, if a idiosyncratic aged 18 oregon implicit has a intersexual narration with a idiosyncratic nether 18, they tin beryllium prosecuted for having a intersexual narration with a minor.

The narration would beryllium ineligible successful the UK.

Marcus said aft the girl, who has since turned 18, near to instrumentality to the UK helium "couldn't hold to spot her again" erstwhile helium got home.

But helium told British-based assistance organisation Detained successful Dubai: "Then suddenly, constabulary knocked connected our edifice door.

"They said they were taking maine successful for questioning but wouldn't archer maine why. I couldn't ideate what for.

"I was frightened and my parents were terrified."

He was past detained for 3 days astatine Al Barsha Police Station.

Marcus said the miss had been "secretive" with her household erstwhile they saw each other.

He said: " We truly liked each different but she was secretive with her household due to the fact that they were strict.

"My parents knew astir our narration but she couldn’t archer hers.

"She had to conscionable maine without telling them it was to spot a boy."

But Marcus aboriginal recovered retired that the girl's parent had seen messages and pictures connected her daughter's phone.

The mum past shared them with Dubai constabulary erstwhile backmost successful the UK.

Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained successful Dubai, said: "He was told his girlfriend's parent had reported the narration to authorities successful Dubai aft she had arrived backmost successful London.

"This is intelligibly a precise strict parent to impact constabulary successful a backstage substance that is wholly ineligible successful the state wherever she lives and wherever the children person grown up.

"Perhaps she wasn't alert that she triggered the anticipation of a young antheral of lone 18 spending the adjacent 20 years successful prison."

Marcus - who had gone to Dubai for a abbreviated vacation connected August 26 with his parents - is inactive stuck there.

He added: "I’m surviving successful Airbnb’s that are costing my household £2,000 per month.

"They had to spell location to work. They gain a humble living, my parent is simply a cleaner and my dada works successful a warehouse. 

"They saved up for this 1 disconnected vacation and they person present utilized each of their savings.

"The constabulary demanded 10,000 AED (£2,100) for bail which I've been told is not mean and the costs are mounting.

"I'm present each alone. I commune this nightmare volition beryllium implicit and I'll beryllium location for Christmas."

Marcus, his household and quality rights advocator Radha are present calling connected the UK authorities for help.

Radha added: "Dubai constabulary person the powerfulness to driblet the lawsuit against Marcus and fto him travel home.

"This is not thing we privation to bash to young radical and we inquire Mr Lammy MP to convey this connection to his counterparts successful the UAE."