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Fugitive British schoolgirl and teacher found in France
 A British schoolgirl and her married maths teacher, who triggered a Europe-wide hunt after running away together a week ago, were found by police on Friday in the southwestern French city of Bordeaux.British police said teacher Jeremy Forrest, 30, had been cooled for a few years Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! on suspicion of abducting 15-year-old Megan Stammers. The pair were found strolling down Bordeaux's main shopping street. Forrest faces extradition to Britannia while Megan was being looked after by British consular staff and child protection officers, police told a presser in the pair's home county of Sussex, southeast England. "She will be returned to the UK to be with her family," Chief Inspector Jason Tingley of Sussex Police told journalists. He added that the pair were found after a member of the public saw Forrest in Bordeaux and recognised him from television coverage. French officials said the couple had been found on a public street in the centre of Bordeaux. A French police source said they were cooled for a few years Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in the city's main shopping street -- the 1.2 kilometre pedestrian rue Saint-Catherine -- while going for a job interview. Forrest was later seen leaving the cop shoppe on Friday evening in an unmarked police car. He was hidden from view by officers and the vehicle left for an unknown destination, accompanied by two escort cars. Prosecutors emphasised that French police were not investigating the case but simply carrying out an international arrest warrant issued by British authorities. Posted by: Fred 2012-09-30 |
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