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Jeremy Forrest trial: Teacher's 'multiple sex sessions' | Jeremy Forrest trial: Teacher's 'multiple sex sessions' |
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A schoolgirl and her married maths teacher exchanged explicit text messages and had "multiple" sex sessions, a court has heard. | |
The girl was 15 when a sexual relationship with 30-year-old Jeremy Forrest began, after she developed a crush on him at school in East Sussex. | |
She told Lewes Crown Court he travelled with her to France because he feared she might commit suicide. | |
Mr Forrest has denied a charge of child abduction. | |
The girl, now 16, said she had been experiencing personal problems in the months leading up to the relationship with Mr Forrest, a teacher at Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne. | The girl, now 16, said she had been experiencing personal problems in the months leading up to the relationship with Mr Forrest, a teacher at Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne. |
They included her mother going through a divorce and then finding a new partner and becoming pregnant. | They included her mother going through a divorce and then finding a new partner and becoming pregnant. |
The court heard the pair agreed to go to France after the girl had her phone seized by police investigating rumours of a relationship between them. | The court heard the pair agreed to go to France after the girl had her phone seized by police investigating rumours of a relationship between them. |
Mr Forrest booked them on a Channel ferry on 20 September before they spent seven days on the run in France. | Mr Forrest booked them on a Channel ferry on 20 September before they spent seven days on the run in France. |
Sex in school uniform | Sex in school uniform |
A friend of the girl, speaking in a video recorded police interview, said messages between the pair started off with Mr Forrest sending compliments such as "you're beautiful". | |
She said as the relationship developed the messages became more explicit. | She said as the relationship developed the messages became more explicit. |
She added: "There were some sexual ones, they were quite graphic things, it's really like cringy stuff. | She added: "There were some sexual ones, they were quite graphic things, it's really like cringy stuff. |
"A lot of stuff about sexual things they wanted to do," | "A lot of stuff about sexual things they wanted to do," |
The girl would reply in a similar way, she said. | The girl would reply in a similar way, she said. |
"I think she kind of liked it, so she did play along with it, she said the same sort of things back to him," the friend said. | "I think she kind of liked it, so she did play along with it, she said the same sort of things back to him," the friend said. |
She said she had tried to stop the relationship, adding: "I had called him a paedophile to [a friend] but it got to a stage where I couldn't stop it." | She said she had tried to stop the relationship, adding: "I had called him a paedophile to [a friend] but it got to a stage where I couldn't stop it." |
She said the girl had told her she and Mr Forrest would go to hotels together. | She said the girl had told her she and Mr Forrest would go to hotels together. |
In the taped interview, she said: "She did like say they had sex, it was multiple times in one night." | In the taped interview, she said: "She did like say they had sex, it was multiple times in one night." |
The friend added that the girl would meet Forrest in her school uniform and they would have sex in his car. | The friend added that the girl would meet Forrest in her school uniform and they would have sex in his car. |
'I was desperate' | 'I was desperate' |
The girl earlier told the court she had planned to run away but Mr Forrest agreed to go with her to prevent her from getting into danger. | The girl earlier told the court she had planned to run away but Mr Forrest agreed to go with her to prevent her from getting into danger. |
"He tried to persuade me not to run away," she said. | "He tried to persuade me not to run away," she said. |
"I said I was going and nobody was going to stop me. I was very determined and once I had an idea in my head nobody was going to stop me, not Jeremy, not anybody." | "I said I was going and nobody was going to stop me. I was very determined and once I had an idea in my head nobody was going to stop me, not Jeremy, not anybody." |
Describing her mood at the time, she said: "I felt very low indeed, I didn't know what to do, I was very desperate." | Describing her mood at the time, she said: "I felt very low indeed, I didn't know what to do, I was very desperate." |
When asked if she felt suicidal, the girl, who chose to give her evidence in court rather than by videolink, said: "Yes". | When asked if she felt suicidal, the girl, who chose to give her evidence in court rather than by videolink, said: "Yes". |
'Manipulated by police' | 'Manipulated by police' |
The girl told the court that Mr Forrest repeatedly asked her to return home but she refused. | The girl told the court that Mr Forrest repeatedly asked her to return home but she refused. |
"Numerous times on the way to France he would say he would give me the money so I could go home, but I didn't want to go home." | "Numerous times on the way to France he would say he would give me the money so I could go home, but I didn't want to go home." |
The girl said Mr Forrest was in tears as they drove. | The girl said Mr Forrest was in tears as they drove. |
She said she felt she had to run away because she did not want her mother to find out about a previous relationship as well as other personal issues she had been going through. | She said she felt she had to run away because she did not want her mother to find out about a previous relationship as well as other personal issues she had been going through. |
Speaking of her relationship with her mother, she said: "I didn't get on with her very well, I didn't like her, she wasn't supportive. | Speaking of her relationship with her mother, she said: "I didn't get on with her very well, I didn't like her, she wasn't supportive. |
"When there's a divorce going on, the attention in the family is on the parents, not the children." | "When there's a divorce going on, the attention in the family is on the parents, not the children." |
She said she also felt that her mother might throw her out of home. | She said she also felt that her mother might throw her out of home. |
The girl said she started to develop a crush on Mr Forrest after he helped her with her personal problems. | The girl said she started to develop a crush on Mr Forrest after he helped her with her personal problems. |
She said she began to confide in him during a school trip to Los Angeles in February 2012 and that after he began to give her advice and support, her attendance and grades at school had improved. | She said she began to confide in him during a school trip to Los Angeles in February 2012 and that after he began to give her advice and support, her attendance and grades at school had improved. |
The girl said she had previously fallen in with a bad crowd and would take drugs and get into trouble. | The girl said she had previously fallen in with a bad crowd and would take drugs and get into trouble. |
She said that on the way home from LA she had held hands with Mr Forrest because she was having an anxiety attack because of her fear of flying. | She said that on the way home from LA she had held hands with Mr Forrest because she was having an anxiety attack because of her fear of flying. |
"It wasn't hand-holding, it was squeezing hands. It wasn't affectionate, it was more caring." | "It wasn't hand-holding, it was squeezing hands. It wasn't affectionate, it was more caring." |
The girl said she felt manipulated by the police after she was brought back to England from France. | The girl said she felt manipulated by the police after she was brought back to England from France. |
She said she felt "if I didn't comply with what they (the police) were doing, I faced arrest". | She said she felt "if I didn't comply with what they (the police) were doing, I faced arrest". |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |