Teenager from Tottenham jailed in Dubai over consensual sex with 17-year-old girl seeks clemency

A British teenager jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl has pleaded with the authorities for clemency.Marcus Fakana, 19, of Tottenham, north London, was sentenced in December to a year's imprisonment after a consensual relationship with the girl, who is also British, while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The age of consent in the UAE is 18.The girl's mother reported Fakana - who was aged 18 at the time - to the UAE authorities after seeing messages between the two when she had returned to the UK.Fakana has written to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, from Al Awir Prison asking to be released.