Paedo teacher Jeremy Forrest could face jail again after schoolgirl he fled to France with in 2012 claims he messaged her on Facebook after being freed
Forrest was told by a judge that he must not contact the girl
PAEDO teacher Jeremy Forrest could face jail again after the 15-year-old schoolgirl he ran away to France with revealed they've been messaging on Facebook.
The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, left the country with and sparked an international hunt.
She spoke for the first time about the relationship and what she hoped would happen during the court case, after Forrest was arrested for child sex and abduction.
Named as Gemma for legal reasons, she about how she felt when the teacher was convicted for five-and-a-half years.
Forrest was a member of staff at Bishop Bell School in Eastbourne, East Sussex, married and reportedly hoping to have children when he ran away with the underage girl.
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She said the pair knew it was against the law for them to be in a relationship but added: "We genuinely believed that if we stuck it out for a tricky few years eventually we could return home and people would accept our relationship.
"Right up until the very last moment I thought things might be OK, and that people would understand how we'd fallen in love.
"But when he was found guilty of child abduction and sex with a minor, I broke down in the dock beside his family."
The pair had become close after they began flirting on Twitter following a school trip to the United States.
CCTV footage emerged of the pair boarding a ferry from Dover to Calais as an international manhunt took place – which resulted in their discovery in Bordeaux, south-west France, eight days later.
She said after Forrest's arrest in 2012 she did not see him until he appeared in court.
But since he was released from prison after serving half of his sentence, she revealed that she has messaged him on Facebook, and he replied.
"Since Jeremy’s release from prison, we have only spoken once, about a year ago, after I messaged a Facebook account with his name that came up as a suggested friend," she wrote.
"He sounded the same and, importantly, happy – he even had a new girlfriend."
A new investigation could be launched into the messaging, as Forrest was ordered to not have any contact with the woman.
She also said she does not regret the relationship with her former teacher but added it "cost both of us dearly".
Her family feared Forrest would return to her after his release but he is now in a new relationship - with Cassie McGeough, 29.
He has reinvented himself as a tattooed wannabe rocker after serving two years and nine months of a five-and-a-half-year jail term for fleeing to France with the schoolgirl in 2012.
Forrest is subject to a sexual offences prevention order for life after being found guilty of child sex and abduction.
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