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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sammy Gecsoyler and agency

British teenager dies in car crash months after being freed from Dubai jail for sex with girl, 17

Marcus Fakana.
Marcus Fakana received a royal pardon from Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, in July after being sentenced to one year in prison. Photograph: Detained in Dubai/PA

A British teenager who was jailed in Dubai for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl while they were on holiday has died in a car crash three months after he was released, a campaign group has said.

Marcus Fakana, 19, died in hospital in the early hours of Friday after police pursued a vehicle in Tottenham, north London.

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