UNITED KINGDOM
Wales Online
Teacher Jeremy Forrest who went missing with his teenage pupil Megan Stammers will not fight extradition proceedings against him and has agreed to return to the UK “as soon as possible”, his lawyers say.
The 30-year-old was arrested on suspicion of child abduction after the pair were found in the French town of Bordeaux on Thursday.
Phil Smith, from Tuckers Solicitors, said in a statement: “He has agreed to return to the UK as soon as possible without the need for protracted extradition proceedings.”
Fifteen-year-old Megan is expected to travel back to her hometown of Eastbourne, East Sussex, more than a week after she went missing with her 30-year-old teacher.
Forrest, Megan’s maths teacher at Bishop Bell C of E School, in Eastbourne, remains in police custody in France.
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