Megan Stammers Missing: European Arrest Warrant Issued For Jeremy Forrest As Couple Are Rumoured To Be In Spain (PICTURES)

A European arrest warrant has been issued for Jeremy Forrest, the 30-year-old maths teacher who fled Britain with 15-year-old Megan Stammers.

Further details of the warrant are set to be released during a news conference later today.

The couple may now be in Spain, with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) contacting counterparts in Madrid for help, The Telegraph reports.

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France has open borders with Spain, as well as Germany, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland.

The last confirmed sighting of Stammers and Forrest - who taught maths at Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne, East Sussex - was from CCTV cameras on board a Dover-to-Calais ferry at 9.30pm last Thursday.

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The release of two images of the pair, arm in arm and holding hands, was intended to trigger a response from the public about their whereabouts.

But there have been no further sightings, police have said.

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At the news conference, Chief Inspector Jason Tingley will also speak about the inquiry into the missing pair and "clarify the status" of the European inquiry.

It comes amid confusion over how intensely the search is being carried out on the Continent, with reports claiming that French police are not actively looking and have not carried out standard credit card or mobile phone checks.

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CCTV images from the Dover-to-Calais ferry revealed the pair holding hands

BBC News reported that Interpol was unable to confirm that it is working on the case.

Neither Megan nor Forrest has a profile on the crime agency's website under its "yellow notices" section which "help locate missing persons, often minors, or to help identify persons who are unable to identify themselves".

Nor is Forrest listed under the website's "red notices" - profiles used "to seek the location and arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition or similar lawful action".

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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson and stepfather Martin Stammers speak to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as they make an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson and stepfather Martin Stammers speak to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as they make an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson and stepfather Martin Stammers speak to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as they make an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson and stepfather Martin Stammers speak to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as they make an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson and stepfather Martin Stammers speak to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as they make an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson and stepfather Martin Stammers speak to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as they make an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson and stepfather Martin Stammers speak to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as they make an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson speaks to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as she makes an appeal for her missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' stepfather Martin Stammers speaks to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as he makes an appeal for his missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Chief Inspector Jason Tingley speaks to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as Megan Stammers's family made an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to return home.
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Megan Stammers' stepfather Martin Stammers speaks to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as he makes an appeal for his missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson and stepfather Martin Stammers speak to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as they make an appeal for their missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Megan Stammers' mother Danielle Wilson speaks to the media at Sussex Police Headquarters, Lewes, as she makes an appeal for her missing teenager daughter to come home.
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Ian Grace

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07:36 PM on 10/01/2012

In the UK most home-grown articles in the media have the Comments section disabled 'due to legal reasons.' There are so many issues that the episode with both fleeing to France brings up and are worthy of discussion, the wife left behind, the possible future both may have together if at all.

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11:44 AM on 09/29/2012

Hi Kez thanks for your post. Need to be very clear that in my opinion until more is known about the nature of the relationship and how it developed, whether there has been sexual contact etc. it is premature to suggest he is a Paedo, to lock him up and throw away the key etc. He may be in the middle of a mental breakdown but clearly there is a case to answer due to his/their actions, I do not think Megan at 15 would want to be considered a passive bystander in these events, but that is an assumption. I was discussing this case with a couple yesterday and the lady (mid-late forties) declared openly that she lost her virginity to her (now) husband when she was 13, he three years her senior. In my own experience with youth groups kids are sexually active from 12/13 years of age or at least claim to be - however I for one would not like to see the age of consent not the SOA 2003 revised, what I would like to see is the Courts approaching this case, if the Law allows and is appropriate with reference to the particulars of whatever happened, with compassion and understanding. If he has abused, exploited, taken advantage or manipulated her then he should be punished as the law allows - my own assumption based on the limited information we all have access to is that this is not the case.

Salaperane

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04:54 AM on 09/28/2012

i dont understnd in engalnd this is crime to have sex if the girl is 15 and man is 30! i was 12 when i had sex first time with a girl who was 21. Today am 25 and have been married for 7 years now that same women. And we love still each other. Stupid laws in Britan. Erki from Estonia

The Shining Light

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09:42 PM on 09/27/2012

What has this got to do with any of us anyway?

06:55 PM on 09/27/2012

Two people have gotten themselves into a situation which they cannot control, manage or explain. Personally I really feel for everybody involved, in particular the jilted wife and the parents (Martin Stammers appears to be a man of integrity and if he wants to be referred to as her father than I shall respect that) and so on. There appear to be so many judgmental people on different forums, spouting what is 'right' and what is 'wrong' whatever they think that is. Perhaps both Megan and Jeremy would rather things didn't turn out this way, but life and circumstances are what they are and everything happens for a reason with the benefit of hindsight. ”

Love is all-powerful and at time maddening, the strongest bond between any of us. It appears that the feeling - whether transient or for the long-term - is held by them both towards one another. Many of the comments made appear to judge and criticise, when from my perspective empathy and understanding are needed to comprehend their actions. I really hope both look after each other, take stock of the situation they find themselves in and decide on a course of action in which they consider the anguish and feelings of those who love and care for them, including each other.

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loulou11

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07:14 PM on 09/27/2012

She is the same age as the Rochdale girls who have been classed as children. There is no grey area, she is still a child and he was her teacher. I hate repeating myself however..

It is an offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for a person over 18 to have a sexual relationship with a child under 18 where that person is in a position of trust in respect of that child, even if the relationship is consensual. That applies where the child is in full-time education and the person works in the same place as the child, even if the person does not teach the child

It is equally an offence to groom a child under such circumstances too.

07:48 PM on 09/27/2012

loulou11, thanks for the response, you appear to address me as if I am not familiar with the stipulations of the Law; moreover you make assumptions and infer as factual that Mr Forrest and Miss Stammers are having a sexual relationship and/or that she has been 'groomed.'

At what age do children automatically become young women? At 16 (in the UK anyway) because that what the Law dictates? 14 or 15 year of age elsewhere in Europe? Flick a switch and that is what happens? Is a young woman only allowed to have feelings at 18 (in the UK) if she falls in love with someone in a position of authority at whatever age? I accept that Mr Forrests actions are less than ideal, but please let's try to show some empathy and compassion for the situation they - and all third parties affected by this - find themselves in. Let's just hope for a safe return of them both.

Life would be easy if humans were just like switches and only experience situations that the Law accommodates.

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08:05 PM on 09/27/2012

How do you know they're having a sexual relationship?

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Twisted Diva

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04:35 PM on 09/27/2012

Reading your comment amazes me that you have the cheek to critcise others for mis-facts.
You are not able to travel freely at 14 you need consent.
She (Megan) is viewed as going on her own free will-which is more than likely but being taken from the country without parental concent is open to legal debate.
In law she is protected under the young persons act so therefore it can legally interpreted that she was groomed.....subjective as the law can be it also applies.
Its not unlikey that they havent had sex, reading thier messages but maybe the language of love has changed.
He has broken his contract as he has broken all trusts.
The warrent isnt BS as the girl has become unsighted and here where abouts are unknown.........dont have children

09:27 PM on 09/27/2012

If she went of her own free will, she can't have been "taken" by him, can she?

04:09 PM on 09/27/2012

I am pleased to read that the police have issued an international arrest warrent, even if it is to a means of having Megan returned home safely at the soonest possible time.
I know that too many posters think that this situation is OK in light of Megans age but not just forcing my opinions onto people it is far from right on any level.
Mr. Forrest is a 30 yrs old man and TWICE the age of Megan, twice her life experiances.
Megan is a young girl totally infatuated by the older man who paid her intrest on a daily basis.
I can see why she was flattered, and I can see why Mr Forrest was attracted to the very pretty girl. And a very impressenble girl at that.
The longer that this girl remains missing, the issues of her safty increase. AND NO I AM NOT LEAPING to unjustified conclusions. Mr Forrest's OWN FATHER has expressed concerns for his own sons behavuoir and is concerned of his son "flipping".
Should Mr Fosster come under an amount of negative pressure he is "likely to loose it" what ever his father knows by that I cannot say.

04:17 PM on 09/27/2012

It seems that the French police havent been co-operating with our police in finding Megans where abouts. And as they say she could be in another country without anyone knowing.
Megan being a Minor falls under the child protection act, that afford her the curtesy of our laws to protect her. Also Mr Forrest is in breach of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which protect children under the age of 18 from being molested by a person in trust, of which Mr Forrest being the trusted person has flouted that law.
Megan has also be removed from this country with out her parents consent. We have laws to protect our children for a reason.
I despair of those posters who bant on the MORAL side of this story, because none of it is moral, she is a child, and now an un-seen one. It doesnt matter if she went on her own accord or not, she shouldnt have been taken.

08:07 PM on 09/27/2012

Dear Twisted Diva, please tell us how you know he has "molested" her? Their friendship may be platonic for all you know. Heaven forbid that the police anywhere should arrest people just for being friends

Lord Summerisle

04:30 PM on 09/27/2012

"Mr. Forrest is a 30 yrs old man and TWICE the age of Megan, twice her life experiances.
Megan is a young girl totally infatuated by the older man who paid her intrest on a daily basis."

Would I be correct in thinking that even if Megan were 16 yrs old and Mr Forrest were 31 yrs old, you would support changing the law to make that illegal too? And still rendering Mr Forrest a paedophile too under those (currently legal) circumstances?

If so, then this really isn't about the law at all then is it? (which you are quick to reference to when it suits your argument) Its more about your own prejudice regarding a female of a young age, going out with a much older man.

04:42 PM on 09/27/2012

If that is addressed to myself,
Should the girl have been older then there wouldnt be an issue, because she wold be deemed as being a concenting adult. I am trying to keep off the moral track with you because morals and reasoning dont seem to apply to yourself.
And had the man not be teaching her at the time because dont forget she is protected from teachers untill she is 18, I cant by law have a problem with it.
My thoughts are no way prejucail they are as a grown up

Swordale

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12:31 PM on 10/03/2012

Lordy Summerisle, please, enough is enough, clearly you wish you could ditch your old long suffering wife and have a young irresponsible girl all to yourself to play with. Well, you can't & should never be allowed to.
No amount of bossy loud plummy voiced opinions of yours should really matter because you clearly believe in being grandiose and frankly it's a real BORE.
I suggest that you look to older women and you may find they will mother you rather well.
OLD men should leave young girls to their young men & stop making fools of themselves.
Lordy, do keep writing your comments I do enjoy them :)
Prey do tell me why your hands are in the air? Is it Simon Says?

04:00 PM on 09/27/2012

The fact that the police have issued a European arrest warrant for Mr Forrest sums up in eloquent fashion why this nation is fast becoming the laughing stock of the world.
Never mind the £1.15 trillion cost of the recession (which not one banker has been arrested for), never mind the 200+ firearms that are confiscated each month by the london metropolitan police alone each month, never mind the countless muggings which never make the news, never mind that there is no future for the young generation of this country..What's important is that we catch this teacher as quickly as possible, and that we plaster it all over the news in the vain hope that people will actually think this is news material, and will forget everything else. The strange thing is, it actually seems to work.

Raymond Soltysek

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06:22 PM on 09/27/2012

Yes, because he is a teacher who has broken not just the ethical standards of his profession but also the law, he must be caught.

07:59 PM on 09/27/2012

Since when have you been Judge, Jury and Executioner - he has broken the Law? What evidence do you have that he either has a sexual relationship with Megan Stammers or that he abducted her without her parents consent? Sensible comments are needed at this time.

08:09 PM on 09/27/2012

As you are such an expert, please tell us which English law has he broken.

12:59 PM on 10/03/2012

Here I feel your absolutely right about the subjects you mention but this is still news worth dealing with.

03:58 PM on 09/27/2012

Oh for crying out loud. This girl is not missing, she's a runaway. How many other runaways and missing persons have there been in the last week that have escaped the news? Legal age of consent in France is 15, in Britain it is 16 but that only applies to sex and there is no evidence of that. No evidence that a crime has even been committed and yet everyone is so quick to judge. She wasn't abducted or kidnapped, she's clearly left of her own freewill.
I see some commenters are quick to label this girl as a child, well regardless of what the law says - some people mature more quickly than others. Simply tarring everyone of the same age with the same brush is ridiculous, but then that's the law. On one hand this couple are all over the news, but if Megan were a few months older then most likely not one of us would have heard of it. If this is the law, then it is no more than a long eared hoofed mammal.
No wonder the world is in the mess it's in with such hypocrisy and stupidity at every corner, and not to mention the legions of news readers so quick to jump to defend the status quo. This "missing persons" saga is a ridiculous non-story. There are other "crimes" far more news worthy that are escaping attention with each day this non-story continues to make the news.

06:23 PM on 09/27/2012

"No evidence that a crime has even been committed "

Under the 2003 Sexual Offenbces Act, he has probably committed a crime by grooming a minor fot the purposes of sex. He doesn't actually need to have had sex with her to have committed that crime.

08:02 PM on 09/27/2012

Aaaahhh I see, in the post above that precedes this one you write that he has broken the Law, but now he has probably committed a crime.

Great.

08:12 PM on 09/27/2012

Oh dear, now the police are supposed to arrest people for "probably" doing something (ie you have no idea whether they did or not)! What a horrible thought

08:16 PM on 09/27/2012

Correction she ran away NOW IS MISSING.........The law wasnt broken in France it was broken in BRITAIN what cant you understabd about that????????
Yes there are far more crimes and bankers havent been locked up. But that isnt this issue now is it??????

09:43 PM on 09/27/2012

Clearly you have no sense of priorities or proportion. As has already been shown. You think this is national news, and that having this story in the media is in the best interest of those concerned. Clearly you've a lot still to learn in your old age.

Ciaran Goggins

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03:48 PM on 09/27/2012

Please give Huff Po an atlas for Xmas, France has open borders with Luxembourg too. As for the EAW, isn't it going the way of the Dodo in November? (Tories hate foreign Johnnies telling us what to do spiel). The Stammers case highlights Anglo-Saxon attitudes - French plod say "She is 15 and not being kidnapped". The UK shrieks a la Rev Lovejoy's wife on the Simpsons "Won't somebody puleeze think of the children?" Get. A. Life.

03:45 PM on 09/27/2012

please huff my post to john cockcroft please send

02:47 PM on 09/27/2012

Maybe the Rochdale review prompted a proper response in the end.

After all the girls in the review are referred to as children and young girls and they are the same age as Megan.

Lets hope she's home soon.

03:30 PM on 09/27/2012

Well thats because these girls are nothing more than children.......
Lets hope that some of "those" posters re-evaluate thier ideas of the fact that Megan is still a child and not some Fem Fatel xx

04:02 PM on 09/27/2012

Exactly, maybe the review has done some good after all, albeit too late for the poor Rochdale girls x

bumblebeezzz

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02:30 PM on 09/27/2012

Too indiferent, too slow, too neglectful and now way over the top. A comedy of errors that is now putting in danger the runaway couple.

John Cockroft

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02:26 PM on 09/27/2012

What we have to do is to separate moral outrage from whether Mr Forrest has broken any laws - either by leaving the UK or in the country he is now in. While there is no doubt that he should be sacked from his job as a teacher (for breaking contract terms) - he has not broken any laws so far (that I know of). He has not abducted Megan (she wants to be with him), the age of consent in France is 15 (and in Spain is 13) irrespective of whether he has actually had sexual relations with her. The two of them are not breaking any laws in either France or Spain (their relationship is perfectly legal in either country) - but an arrest warrant has been submitted using SOCA(!) legislation. In either France or Spain he is NOT a paedophile (technically he is a ephobophile who likes 15-19 year olds) and is not doing anything wrong.

So why is he being arrested? Primarily because (in the UK) we don't 'like' what he has done. In France and Spain there would not be any visceral horror because he is an innocent man (perhaps morally repugnant but LEGALLY innocent).

You should not be able to arrest somebody because you do not like them. As a parent of a teenage girl myself, I am disgusted with what he has done but using SOCA legislation to get him arrested when (so far) when he has not committed any crime is wrong.

crystakura

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02:32 PM on 09/27/2012

I'm assuming it is abduction because he has removed a minor from her guardians.

02:46 PM on 09/27/2012

It might well be abduction in the UK (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/37/section/2 ) assuming that her parents brought charges BUT it might not be in either France or Spain (http://www.paris-law.com/articles/International_Child_Abduction_and_the_Hague_Conventionin.htm ) although it might well be covered by the Hague convention. Lets be honest - she is a 15 year old (who in worse circumstances might well be a teenage Mum in some parts of the UK) in love with an older man - not an 8 year old little girl being forcibly abducted by a child molester. If she was in danger then perhaps there would be reason for this uproar but we have an utter obsession with paedophiles (and child safety) in the UK.

RichyRoo84

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03:09 PM on 09/27/2012

was going to say the same thing.. she isnt old enough to leave without her parents consent.

02:51 PM on 09/27/2012

Lets assume he has had some sort of sexual relations with her, then this law applies.

It is an offence under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for a person over 18 to have a sexual relationship with a child under 18 where that person is in a position of trust in respect of that child, even if the relationship is consensual. That applies where the child is in full-time education and the person works in the same place as the child, even if the person does not teach the child

03:38 PM on 09/27/2012

Well said, loulou, and absolutely accurate - but under the Act the very fact of GROOMING the child with the intention of having sexual relations is an offence. So even if he HASN'T had sex with her, he has still broken the law. We see groomers being convicted regualrly even when they havenlt had sex with their target.

08:17 PM on 09/27/2012

How many more things are you going to assume in order to prove your case? Maybe you would also like to assume he has killed somebody and get him arrested for murder too! There is no evidence that they have had sexual relations, and it is ridiculous for you to use that non-fact as the basis for your argument

fewthinkers

02:19 PM on 09/27/2012

All this fuss and resources over a girl that isn't in any actual danger of harm whilst other people are being violently assaulted.

Such screwed up priorities, no wonder we still have a problem with crime. Real crime, you know, where people are actually being harmed, for real.

03:11 PM on 09/27/2012

not picking a side of the fence as such.... but surely allowing her to leave her school and family 'could' 'potentially' result in her harming her future and leaving her ineligable for any half decent job... in reality if he cared for her then maybe he should have waiting for a more appropriate time... but I kind of see what you are saying.

06:31 PM on 09/27/2012

I agree.

03:46 PM on 09/27/2012

This is a child you are typing about

04:18 PM on 09/27/2012

That "child" would probably give you a good slap if you said that to her face. I've seen it happen too.
Lets be fair here, Megan is a "young adult". A 5 year old is a child.
I think Megan deserves more of your respect that that which is normally afforded to a "child", regardless of what the law dictates. Also bearing in mind that the law tends to be a one size fits all system, and anyone with any wisdom in life will agree that rarely does a "one size fits all" system reflect reality. It is in effect, an "assumption". So the law (in the UK) "assumes" megan to be a child, it doesn't actually mean she is.

06:28 PM on 09/27/2012

No it isn't. 15 years of age is well into adolescence.

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