Marcus Fakana gets prison sentence in Dubai.

@stuckdownahole the point I'm making is he committed a crime. Therefore he needs to do the sentence. Yes Dubai portrays itself as a liberal country but visitors still need to abide by the rules. Simple

I would cut them off. Although I get when it’s a long friendship it may make you hesitate.

But my dealbreaker for who I will associate with is bigots.

Not knowing her I couldn't say, but it's being constantly claimed that she waited until they were back here so that the daughter wouldn't get arrested too and that doesn't seem to be borne out by the facts

Whether she should have reported it is something else again, but he's been clear that he knew she came from "a strict family", and that his own people knew about them but hers didn't
It might have been better if his own had been willing or able to warn him off, but either way it didn't happen and so here he is

I think the mother would still have reported him if he had been white and racism would still have been part of the motivation. I have recently been appalled by the reaction of a long standing friend (Asian) whose son (aged 35) has fallen in love with a white girl, lived together 5 years). She has had absolute screaming tantrums, has cut him off from the family, behaved dreadfully to the girl when he brought her to meet his family. It has really distressed me - my DH is Asian and I am white and we are both really questioning the friendship.

He didn't argue with the police, and we are no longer in the 1970s (although from the tone of your post you might be), we are living in a time when Dubai tries very hard to promote itself as a tourist destination and liberal environment.

And done what exactly? Sent a gunboat?

Will he need to?

Genuine question but I thought that would only be relevant for people who commit sex crimes in the UK.

It would be weird to record people for illegal activity overseas that would be legal in the UK?

When he comes back, I imagine he will be signing the sex offenders register.

Yep

I know 🤦🏽‍♀️

I would never set foot in the place but you've totally missed my point

What on Earth are you going on about? No one has ever been arrested for drinking alcohol on an Emirates flight. The woman you're referring to was arrested at the airport after shouting and arguing with the immigration officer and filming the altercation. You never film or photograph any Emirati without their express permission,it's simply nor permitted. That's what got her arrested and she then concocted an absolute bullshit story that was shared on social media for guilible people to repeat as gospel. Regarding alcohol in Dubai,it's available in all tourist hotels apart from the odd 'dry' ones so that's very simple. Holding hands? I see it all the time in shopping malls etc and no one bothers. I've lived in the ME for more than a decade and have been to Dubai more times than I can count over the years. Don't believe everything you read.

Oh here we go Bingo. 🙄

David Lammy is a disgrace!

There’s rumours it’s a “cultural clash” shall we say.

They were Asian and supposedly didn’t want their daughter to be with a Black young man.

The funny thing is doing this has meant it’s more likely to get out in her community that she slept with a Black guy.

I agree.

Well, yes. Which is why people should have some common sense and stay away. It's not obligatory to holiday in Dubai.

How does where she found out about it, change the cruelty of her actions, in fact she was back in London doesn't that make it worse.

Agree. I’m surprised the family name hasn’t been leaked. Disgusting people.

My sympathies are with this lad and his family. I also feel sorry for the girl, imagine growing up with such a spiteful, vindictive mother.

😂OMG - would you listen to yourself. Are you the mum?

FWIW and I know I shouldn't feed the haters but what if <gasp> she seduced him??

Anyway, this type of comment is exactly what I mean in my PP so clearly that had no impact. But oh my, there are some sanctimonious nutters.

If this was a white boy / girl, the government would have stepped in.

I think MN has a huge issue with 18 year still in full time education and how they should be treated- technically adults but functionally often dependent children subject to parental rules worse I think if they attend school sixth forms rather than more adult environments.

Though reading on here London teens seem to get way more freedom than ones here routinely get and girl may have had very strict upbringing - so how worldly either was in extremely unclear.

I do agree I wouldn't take my teens male or female to Dubai or any gulf states - but not sure I'd look up every law and possible unexpected extreme outcomes when we do take them to other countries.

Laws do have cut off points - and these teens hit them - there was apparently some leeway that wasn't applied correctly though at same time 20 years was a possible outcome looking at BBC reports. It just seems an unfortunate situation all round.

Would you feel the same if he’d seduced your underage daughter!
The underage thing - at 17 nearly 18 under UK law the girl wasn't underaged in UK law but was in the country both teens were visiting with family and they didn't realise the difference or he didn't - though girls mother did.

I know rules differ over Europe but haven't checked as till now kids very unlikely to be interested in holiday romance as family holiday tend to be family time for us.

would you deliberately report an 18 year old to the authorities in a country where sending him to prison could result in torture, rape, deliberate infection with HIV? Making sure to wait until your errant daughter was safely back in the UK?
That isn't justice, it is revenge.

Sorry age of consent 18 rather