Greg Mckenzie and
Chirag TrivediLondon
PA MediaA British teenager who was jailed in Dubai for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old woman has died in a automotive crash three months after he was launched.
Marcus Fakana, 19, was a passenger in a car that crashed in Tottenham, north London, within the early hours of Friday. He was taken to hospital with severe accidents and later died.
The Met Police mentioned officers had tried to cease a automotive however, after a 60-second chase, they overlooked the car and it was later discovered crashed right into a truck.
Mr Fakana, who was 18 on the time of the connection with the woman, obtained a royal pardon from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in July after being sentenced to at least one 12 months in jail.
Radha Stirling, his lawyer and founding father of the Detained in Dubai group, mentioned: “He was grateful for the compassion proven to him by the British public, and his experiences gave him a renewed deal with Christianity and prayer.
“Marcus was grateful to have regained his freedom and was wanting ahead to constructing a optimistic future.”
The mom of the woman within the relationship with Marcus reported him to authorities after seeing messages between the 2 when she had returned to the UK.
Ms Stirling added: “Marcus spent the vast majority of this 12 months in a Dubai jail which little question precipitated him lengthy lasting psychological anguish.
“It is unhappy that of all of 2025, he was solely free for the three months from the third of July till the third of October.”
Marwaan Mohamed Huseen, of Argyle Street, Tottenham, has been charged over the deadly automotive crash.
The 19-year-old is charged with inflicting loss of life by harmful driving, driving with out insurance coverage, driving with out a licence and failing to cease.
He appeared at Highbury Nook Magistrates’ Courtroom on Saturday the place he was remanded into custody.
He’ll subsequent seem on the Outdated Bailey on Thursday 30 October.
The Met’s Directorate of Skilled Requirements has been knowledgeable in regards to the incident, together with the Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct.
