UNITED KINGDOM
The Guardian
Caroline Davies
The Guardian, Tuesday 25 September 2012
Police were informed about concerns of an inappropriate relationship between 15-year-old Megan Stammers and her married maths teacher shortly before the pair fled to France.
Officers were told last week as Bishop Bell C of E school in Eastbourne investigated suspicions over the closeness of the schoolgirl and Jeremy Forrest, 30.
Questions have been raised over how education officials dealt with the warnings.
The school was criticised as Sussex police appealed to Megan’s friends to come forward if they knew of the pair’s plans.
Releasing CCTV images of the two walking hand-in-hand aboard the Dover to Calais ferry, Chief Inspector Jason Tingley said he hoped the photographs would help the public recognise the pair. “Although they entered France, it is possible that they are elsewhere now,” he said.
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