Driver admits killing teen Marcus Fakana freed from Dubai jail

The 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.

At the time of the fatal car crash, the Met Police said officers were attempting to stop a “vehicle of interest” in Pretoria Road, Tottenham, and after a short pursuit they temporarily lost sight of the car driven by Huseen.

When officers then drove in to The Roundway, they found the vehicle had been involved in a crash.

Fakana was taken to hospital and later died from his injuries.

The defendant was remanded back into custody and a sentencing date will be set at a further hearing on 27 February.