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| Megan Stammers: Teenager and teacher not on return ferry | Megan Stammers: Teenager and teacher not on return ferry |
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| Police searching for an East Sussex teenager thought to be in France with a teacher from her school say the pair failed to use their return tickets. | |
| Megan Stammers, 15, from Eastbourne, is believed to have crossed the Channel with Jeremy Forrest, 30, a maths teacher at Bishop Bell C of E School. | Megan Stammers, 15, from Eastbourne, is believed to have crossed the Channel with Jeremy Forrest, 30, a maths teacher at Bishop Bell C of E School. |
| Police said return tickets for Sunday night were booked but not used. | Police said return tickets for Sunday night were booked but not used. |
| Her mother Danielle Wilson said: "Sweetheart, I don't care what you've done or why, I just want you home." | Her mother Danielle Wilson said: "Sweetheart, I don't care what you've done or why, I just want you home." |
| Ms Wilson said Danielle's disappearance was completely out of character. | |
| "This is not her - she is not like this," she said as she made her appeal with Danielle's stepfather Martin Stammers. | |
| Maths teacher | |
| Megan was reported missing at about midday on Friday after she failed to turn up for school. | Megan was reported missing at about midday on Friday after she failed to turn up for school. |
| About nine hours later she is believed to have boarded a ferry from Dover to Calais with Mr Forrest, from Ringmer, East Sussex, in his black Ford Fiesta. | |
| Mr Forrest is a maths teacher at the school that Megan attends, Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne, East Sussex. | |
| Chief Inspector Jason Tingley said it was believed Megan had gone to France willingly. | |
| "We need to hear that you are OK," he said. "Your family and friends are extremely worried, but you are not in any trouble. | |
| "My message to Mr Forrest is that this may not have gone as you expected it to. | |
| "Right now our priority it to know that Megan is safe and I would ask you to do the right thing and make contact with us. | |
| "We will work with you to get you both safely back into the country." |