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| Megan Stammers: timeline | Megan Stammers: timeline |
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| • Thursday 20 September | • Thursday 20 September |
| Stammers tells her mother she is staying overnight at a friend's house and is given lunch money for school the following day. She leaves her home in Walton Close, Eastbourne, taking her passport with her. | Stammers tells her mother she is staying overnight at a friend's house and is given lunch money for school the following day. She leaves her home in Walton Close, Eastbourne, taking her passport with her. |
| • Friday 21 September | • Friday 21 September |
| 12.30pm – the schoolgirl is reported missing after failing to attend classes. | 12.30pm – the schoolgirl is reported missing after failing to attend classes. |
| 9.20pm – Forrest and Stammers cross into France by ferry from Dover to Calais. | 9.20pm – Forrest and Stammers cross into France by ferry from Dover to Calais. |
| • Saturday 22 September | • Saturday 22 September |
| Megan's stepfather, Martin Stammers, appeals for the teenager to get in touch. He says they are "worried and miss her terribly". | Megan's stepfather, Martin Stammers, appeals for the teenager to get in touch. He says they are "worried and miss her terribly". |
| • Sunday 23 September | • Sunday 23 September |
| Forrest is named as a maths teacher at Stammers's school, Bishop Bell Church of England school in Eastbourne, East Sussex, and police begin making appeals over social media and television for the teenager and Forrest to get in touch. It is established that the pair bought return ferry tickets so the hope remains that they will return voluntarily. | Forrest is named as a maths teacher at Stammers's school, Bishop Bell Church of England school in Eastbourne, East Sussex, and police begin making appeals over social media and television for the teenager and Forrest to get in touch. It is established that the pair bought return ferry tickets so the hope remains that they will return voluntarily. |
| • Monday 24 September | • Monday 24 September |
| More details emerge suggesting the relationship between Forrest and Stammers has been going on for some time. A blogpost by Forrest, written four months under his musical stage name, Jeremy Ayre, said he faced a "moral dilemma" and he wrote: "You hit me just like heroin." | More details emerge suggesting the relationship between Forrest and Stammers has been going on for some time. A blogpost by Forrest, written four months under his musical stage name, Jeremy Ayre, said he faced a "moral dilemma" and he wrote: "You hit me just like heroin." |
| The spotlight turns to Stammers's school and Terry Boatwright, executive headteacher, says the school is shocked by the incident. "The whole school community is deeply concerned for Megan," he says. It is also revealed by police that a friend of the teenager had received a text message, apparently from her but not her phone, which said she had arrived safely in France. | The spotlight turns to Stammers's school and Terry Boatwright, executive headteacher, says the school is shocked by the incident. "The whole school community is deeply concerned for Megan," he says. It is also revealed by police that a friend of the teenager had received a text message, apparently from her but not her phone, which said she had arrived safely in France. |
| • Tuesday 25 September | • Tuesday 25 September |
| A European arrest warrant is issued for Forrest. East Sussex county council also confirms that an investigation has been under way into a relationship between the teacher and his pupil after the two were reportedly seen holding hands on a return flight from a school trip to Los Angeles. A schoolfriend reveals that the two texted each other, saying things like "I miss you" and "I can't wait to hug you". | A European arrest warrant is issued for Forrest. East Sussex county council also confirms that an investigation has been under way into a relationship between the teacher and his pupil after the two were reportedly seen holding hands on a return flight from a school trip to Los Angeles. A schoolfriend reveals that the two texted each other, saying things like "I miss you" and "I can't wait to hug you". |
| • Thursday 27 September | • Thursday 27 September |
| Forrest's tearful parents, Jim and Julie, appeal directly to their son to get in touch: "We are all here for you both. Please, please get in contact." BBC's Crimewatch programme also features an appeal. | Forrest's tearful parents, Jim and Julie, appeal directly to their son to get in touch: "We are all here for you both. Please, please get in contact." BBC's Crimewatch programme also features an appeal. |
| • Friday 28 September | • Friday 28 September |
| Following possible sightings of the pair in Paris, Sussex police confirm at 12.15pm that Stammers has been found safe and well and Forrest arrested. French media report they had been found in Bordeaux, south-west France. | Following possible sightings of the pair in Paris, Sussex police confirm at 12.15pm that Stammers has been found safe and well and Forrest arrested. French media report they had been found in Bordeaux, south-west France. |
| • Saturday 29 September | • Saturday 29 September |
| Megan is expected to fly home on Saturday morning. Danielle Wilson will travel to Bordeaux to be reunited with her daughter and accompany her back home to Eastbourne, East Sussex. | Megan is expected to fly home on Saturday morning. Danielle Wilson will travel to Bordeaux to be reunited with her daughter and accompany her back home to Eastbourne, East Sussex. |
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