Megan Stammers Expected To Fly Home After Running Away With Teacher Jeremy Forrest

Megan Expected To Fly Home

Schoolgirl Megan Stammers is expected to fly home to the UK more than a week after she went missing with her 30-year-old maths teacher, it was reported.

It is thought the 15-year-old's mother, Danielle Wilson, will travel to Bordeaux to be reunited with her daughter and accompany her back home to Eastbourne, East Sussex, the BBC said.

Jeremy Forrest, Megan's teacher at Bishop Bell C of E School, in Eastbourne, was arrested on Friday on suspicion of child abduction in Bordeaux after the pair went missing last Friday. He remains in custody in France.

The pair were spotted in the town on Thursday by a member of the public who recognised Forrest from television coverage, Chief Inspector Jason Tingley from Sussex Police said. It was the third potential sighting of the pair in the city, and they were tracked down shortly after midday yesterday.

On Friday night the teenager's family expressed their joy that she had been found. Megan's stepfather Martin Stammers told reporters at a press conference: "We just can't wait to be reunited with her. Our family are overjoyed at the outcome.

As you can imagine it's been an absolute emotional rollercoaster."

It is understood that the teenager has already spoken to her family.

Thanking the police, media and members of the public for maintaining publicity in the case, Mr Stammers said: "I just can't put it into words how grateful we are as a family."

Mr Tingley said: "Megan is now in the care of British consular staff and Sussex Police child protection team officers. She will be returned to the UK to be with her family. Jeremy is in custody in Bordeaux after his arrest and the process of his extradition will now commence."

Megan was reported missing when she failed to turn up for school last Friday, and it emerged that she had travelled with Forrest to France the previous evening, sparking a highly-publicised search.

Forrest's parents Jim and Julie Forrest said in a statement: "We are pleased that Megan and Jeremy have been found safe and well. This has been an ordeal for all the families concerned. We would like to thank Sussex and the French police as well as the British media for their assistance. We are relieved that the search is finally over and everyone can now focus on a safe and secure return for them both."

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