Runaway teacher Jeremy Forrest has appeared in court on Thursday charged with the abduction of a 15-year-old girl who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The 30-year-old married amateur musician, from Ringmer, near Lewes, East Sussex, went on the run with the schoolgirl, on September 20.
The maths teacher was extradited to the UK yesterday from France, where the pair were found eight days after their disappearance.
Jeremy Forrest as seen in a prison van as he arrives at Eastbourne Magistrates Court in Eastbourne
He appeared at Eastbourne Magistrates' Court today charged with child abduction.
The pair's disappearance sparked a Europe-wide search and prompted public appeals from both sets of families for their safe return.
They were eventually found in Bordeaux, eight days after disappearing.
Forrest boarding a plane in France on Wednesday, he is to appear in court on Thursday
Today Scots-born amateur musician Forrest, of Chislehurst Road, Petts Wood, south east London, spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address in court.
Dressed in a grey jumper and with black hair swept to one side, he was brought from the cells in handcuffs by two dock officers.
Jeremy Forrest appears in court on Thursday
He sat and listened intently as no bail application was made by his solicitor, Phil Smith.
Forrest was remanded in to custody by magistrate Nick Letherby and will reappear in the same court via video-link on October 17.
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