Megan police defend four-day delay over warrant

UNITED KINGDOM
The Times

Rhoda Buchanan, Laura Dixon, John Simpson
Last updated at 4:59PM, September 27 2012

A European arrest warrant was not issued for the teacher who ran away with the schoolgirl Megan Stammers until four days after the pair were reported missing, police said yesterday.

Sussex Police defended itself over claims that it should have acted sooner, as the father of Jeremy Forrest, the missing teacher, issued an appeal for his son to make contact.

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