Jeremy Forrest to appear in court charged with abducting Megan Stammers

Teacher Jeremy Forrest will appear in court today charged with the abduction of 16-year-old Megan Stammers.

 

 

 

Teacher Jeremy Forrest will appear at Eastborune Magstrates today charged with the abduction of 16-year-old Megan Stammers.

The 30–year–old married maths teacher was flown back to Britain yesterday after being handed over to Sussex Police officers at Bordeaux airport. He was handcuffed and flanked by two British policemen as he boarded an easyJet flight.

Passengers said the teacher, who was wearing the same check shirt and black jeans in which he was arrested, sat at the back of the aircraft throughout the flight and was put straight into a police van at Gatwick airport.

It is believed he was taken to Crawley police station in West Sussex and is expected to appear before Eastbourne magistrates this morning.

Mr Forrest, from Ringmer, East Sussex, went to France with the teenager on Sept 20, which led to a Europe–wide search.

The pair were eventually found in Bordeaux, and Mr Forrest was arrested on suspicion of child abduction following the issuing of a European Arrest Warrant.
He appeared before magistrates in the French city last week, and his British solicitor, Phil Smith, said his client looked forward to the "full story" emerging in the coming months.

Megan has returned to her home town and been reunited with her family. Her head teacher said the school would offer support "as they seek to return to some sort of normality".
Megan and Mr Forrest were seen on CCTV cameras on a cross–Channel ferry from Dover to Calais and later tracked to Bordeaux, where they were recognised by a member of the public.
According to reports, Mr Forrest touted a bogus CV around bars in the city as he sought cash–in–hand work.
It has been claimed that he was due to be suspended by the school the day before he and Megan went to France.






Runaway teacher Jeremy Forrest is back in the UK today after going on the run with his pupil.
British police travelled to France today to escort home the 30-year-old married maths teacher home from Ringmer, East Sussex.

He landed at Gatwick Airport this afternoon where he was met by a police van on the tarmac.
He with the teenager on September 20, sparking a Europe-wide search and prompting public appeals from both sets of families.
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The pair were eventually found in Bordeaux, and Forrest was arrested on suspicion of child abduction following the issuing of a European Arrest Warrant.

Forrest appeared before magistrates in the French city last week, and his British solicitor Phil Smith has said his client looks forward to the "full story" emerging in the coming months.
His pupil has returned to her home town and been reunited with her family.
She was reported missing when she failed to turn up for school and it emerged she had travelled to France with Forrest.

The pair were spotted on CCTV cameras on a cross-Channel ferry from Dover to Calais and later tracked to Bordeaux where they were recognised by a member of the public who had seen television coverage of the case.

According to reports, he touted a bogus CV around bars in the city as he sought cash-in-hand work.
Before her disappearance, the schoolgirl told her mother that she was going to spend the night at a friend's house.

Her mother said she was "really excitable" and was "jumping around". A message was later sent to one of her friends saying she had arrived safely in France.
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The investigation was ramped up when she and Forrest failed to use return ferry tickets on September 23.
A European Arrest Warrant was issued and the case featured on BBC's Crimewatch.
It has been claimed that Forrest was due to be suspended by the school the day before he and the girl went to France.
East Sussex County Council has confirmed it and school officials were "addressing and investigating concerns", but it has not said when those were made and declined to comment on suggestions he was facing suspension.
The girl's headteacher said the school would offer support to the teenager and her family "as they seek to return to some sort of normality.