Missing girl 15, runs off with Maths teacher.

godinman · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:02

Theophany said:
If he wasn't a massive idiot he wouldn't have left his wife of one year for a fifteen year-old girl.

Indeed.

Theophany · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:09

Anybody else notice the similarities between his wife and the girl? Same shade of hair colour, same bluish-green eyes, similar prominent noses, it's almost like he's looking for the younger model... :eek:

Ahleckz · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:12

Theophany said:
Anybody else notice the similarities between his wife and the girl? Same shade of hair colour, same bluish-green eyes, similar prominent noses, it's almost like he's looking for the younger model...

I'm sure you didn't mean it to sound as creepy as it does, but it does. You creepy so and so!

zom247 · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:14

Theophany said:
If he wasn't a massive idiot he wouldn't have left his wife of one year for a fifteen year-old girl.

Hmm, so the wife is now free....

Anyway, how do we know they're not just on a maths field trip? He's probably teaching her how many times 30 goes into 15.

The Funktopus · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:20

FoxEye said:
But of course we live in a time when most people will be baying for his blood. "Lock up the pedo!" will be the massed chants of the Sun/ Mirror/ Daily Mail readers.

Reminds me of the case a few years ago in Southampton (I think it was Southampton anyway), where a load of council estate scum went vigilante to take out a perceived threat to their darling children, and smashed up a "paediatrician's" house. :rolleyes:

Third Opinion · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:28

Bishop Bell is now under fire. They had a convicted child molester as a Governor and in 2009 another teacher was convicted for having sex with two girls from that school.

I knew about this earlier but thought I better not say anything until the press got their teeth into it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19717837

Hades · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:33

Theophany said:
If he wasn't a massive idiot he wouldn't have left his wife of one year for a fifteen year-old girl.

His wife was only one year old :eek:

On a serious note, people do strange things when love is involved. But as a teacher he should have seen the signs coming and taken some action much earlier.

markweatherill · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:38

zom247 said:
teaching her how many times 30 goes into 15.

godinman · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:40

It was funnier a few pages ago.

elmarko · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:47

Ahleckz said:
Let off for what? What criminal act has he committed, and if he has then why would it be in the public interest to imprison him?

The CPS/Crown Office only seek prosecution if it's in the public interest. Why do you believe that the teacher ought to be prosecuted, and for what?

I've stated that I think what he has done is inappropriate and both parties ought to answer questions to their superiors and parents. However I don't believe that criminal charges should be levelled at either of them based on what we know now. There is no reason to.

Abusing a position of trust is quite a big deal.

The law has to be strict on people who have due care of children, disabled people & the elderly.

Being a teacher at the school he's in a unique position to manipulate the thoughts of a child, able to plant ideas & use his position of authority & power to subvert a child's better judgement.

Dimple said:
Devils Advocate.
How do you know she hasn't taken advantage of him?

If a 15 year old is able to take advantage of him he was never fit to be a teacher.

It takes two to tango & the assumed "responsibility" firmly rests on the shoulders of the adult (in the eyes of the law).

Sleeve · 26 Sep 2012 at 08:57

If only he'd of waited another year...

Basher · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:02

Nelly said:
I just don't know how someone can put the family, especially their mum through all that worry, obviously the mum just wants her home.

That lass hasn't a care in the world, they both should be locked up, got no sympathy for either of them.

Lock her up for putting her family through worry? lol.

Third Opinion · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:07

In the Telegraph today is something that makes me even more worried. Right from the start his neighbours said he had a tendency to flip out and shout and scream.

The parents of a teacher who has eloped to France with one of his pupils, Megan Stammers, have said they fear he may “flip” before the couple are found. . . .

It is believed Mr Forrest, who married in April last year, had been in a relationship with the teenager for as much as seven months and fled the country with her after the school informed him he was to be suspended.
His father Jim Forrest, defended his son and said he was a “gentle and caring” person who was extremely vulnerable.
Speaking at the family home in Orpington, Kent, Mr Forrest said: “I am worried about Jeremy; I am not worried about Megan. I can tell you my son is one of the most gentle, caring people you will ever meet. I worry for him more than Megan in case he flips.”

What does he mean by flip? If he is describing his temper, why would Megan not be in danger?

godinman · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:10

Third Opinion said:
In the Telegraph today is something that makes me even more worried. Right from the start his neighbours said he had a tendency to flip out and shout and scream.

What does he mean by flip? If he is describing his temper, why would Megan not be in danger?

Would you want to come back to the inevitable tabloid led braying mobs? Maybe by 'flip' he means hurt himself?

Bubo · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:13

Integral to this discussion, if this was a 30 year old woman and a 15 year old boy, the press coverage would be entirely different. But I would see no reason to differentiate the two. Anyway, I assume the man to be a standard deviant regardless.

Third Opinion · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:16

Sleeve88 said:
If only he'd of waited another year...

One year is not enough as a teacher. The rules change as he is considered a person in a position of trust. The minimum age they could have had sexual intercourse is when she reached the age of 18.

Richie · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:22

Third Opinion said:
One year is not enough as a teacher. The rules change as he is considered a person in a position of trust. The minimum age they could have had sexual intercourse is when she reached the age of 18.

The nuance being it has to be the student's teacher or from same school... If he had been a teacher at a different school than her then 16 is legal.

Ahleckz · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:26

All this nonsense about him abusing his position is just that, nonsense. On the face of it, it seems pretty consensual. I think it's unfair to state that he is obviously the big bogey man here that lured this girl into his sexual den of deviance, until we actually have any proof that suggests such. Circumstantial evidence (as that is all we have) seems to show her being quite willing to go along with him, and there has been reports of this being a longish term thing.

spicypixel · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:29

Misread Mirror

Richie · 26 Sep 2012 at 09:34

Ahleckz said:
All this nonsense about him abusing his position is just that, nonsense. On the face of it, it seems pretty consensual. I think it's unfair to state that he is obviously the big bogey man here that lured this girl into his sexual den of deviance, until we actually have any proof that suggests such. Circumstantial evidence (as that is all we have) seems to show her being quite willing to go along with him, and there has been reports of this being a longish term thing.

Irrespective of the sexual element (if it can even be proven), the guy has committed child abduction in a legal sense....