Driver admits killing teen freed from Dubai jailFakana familyMarcus Fakana was killed three months after being freed from a Dubai jailThe driver of a car which crashed in London killing a teenager who had been freed from a Dubai jail for having a sexual relationship with a girl aged 17 has admitted killing him. Marwaan Mohamed Huseen, 20, was attempting to get away from pursuing Metropolitan Police officers when he crashed a BMW into a lorry, killing passenger Marcus Fakana. A second passenger in the vehicle was also badly hurt in the crash, which happened in the early hours of 3 October last year in Tottenham, north London. At Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, Huseen appeared by videolink from HMP Pentonville to plead guilty to causing the death of Fakana, 19, by dangerous driving. Huseen, who admitted being uninsured and unlicensed at the time, also pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving to another of the passengers in the BMW. The crash happened just three months after Fakana, from Tottenham, north London, was set free from a prison in Dubai. He had been with his parents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the summer 2024 when, at the age of 18, he had a holiday romance with a 17-year-old girl from London. The teenager spent around a year in prison before being freed thanks to a royal pardon from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Huseen will be sentenced at a later date. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello. bbclondon@bbc. co. ukLondon.
