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Harry Taylor

Protesters march in London for release of teenage boy in Dubai jail

Protesters with a sign reading 'Bring Marcus home'
Protesters march in Westminster, demanding the release of 18-year-old Marcus Fakana. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News

Protesters have marched through central London calling for the release of a teenager in prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old British girl.

Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham in north London, was jailed last month after being convicted of having sex with the girl, who has now turned 18, when they were on holiday in September.

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