A British man in his sixties has been sentenced to four months in jail in Morocco after being convicted of homosexual acts.

Ray Cole, 69, a retired magazine publisher, was arrested last month together with Jamal Jam Wald Ness, a local man, whom he had gone to Marrakesh to visit.

The pair were approached at a bus stop by police officers who detained them on suspicion of being homosexual — a crime that carries a maximum sentence of three years’ jail in Morocco.

Both were sentenced to four months on Thursday when police searched Mr Cole’s mobile phone and found a photo of the two together.

Mr Cole’s son Adrian told the British website PinkNews that Moroccan authorities had failed to notify his family or