Jailed teacher plans to marry girl with her father’s approval

Teacher Jeremy Forrest plans to marry the schoolgirl he abducted, and her father said he would be “proud” to walk her down the aisle.

The girl, who has written to Forrest’s parents to declare her love for their son, also intends to visit him in prison.

Forrest, 30, was jailed at Lewes Crown Court for five-and-a-half years on Friday for child abduction and five charges of sexual activity with a child, after he fled to France with the girl when she was 15.