One Year in Jail for Sex with a Minor

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Marcus Fakana, 18, was on holiday with his family in the United Arab Emirates when he met the girl, who is also from London and turned 18 the following month. He was arrested at his hotel and charged after the girl’s mother found their chats and pictures after the family’s return to London and called the Dubai police.

UK teenager begins Dubai jail term for relationship with 17-year-old girl

Marcus Fakana hands himself in to authorities and will serve year-long sentence in Dubai’s al-Awir prison

www.theguardian.com

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Glad that my parents never took me to UAE.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

turned 18 the following month.

This is the part that caught my attention. WTF?

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

This is the part that caught my attention. WTF?

There are still states in the US where this would land him on the sex offender registry for life. I don't know that we should be all high and mighty about it.

 

[funksouljon]

There are still states in the US where this would land him on the sex offender registry for life. I don't know that we should be all high and mighty about it.

I agree that it could and still happens in the US, we shouldn't be too high and mighty when our laws are just as broken.

But it's also a travesty that it happened and just stupid application of the law. Lady Justice is blind in the wrong way many times.

 

[Colonoscopy]

There are still states in the US where this would land him on the sex offender registry for life. I don't know that we should be all high and mighty about it.

He's a sick freak. Oh well.