'He didn't hurt her... it's about love and it will never end': Teacher's lawyer claims he did 'nothing wrong' except fall for schoolgirl Megan, 15

• Jeremy Forrest devastated that his 'love story' was brought to 'brutal end'
• French solicitor Daniel Lalanne: 'In his head he has done nothing wrong except fall in love with a 15-year-old'
• Married 30-year-old does not want to contest extradition hearing tomorrow so he can be sent back 'to be closer to the one he loves'
• Couple able to evade capture after Megan travelled on 'Forrest's wife's passport'
• Forrest touted for work with fake CV describing himself as music journalist

Runaway teacher Jeremy Forrest believes his romance with 15-year-old schoolgirl Megan Stammers is a 'story only about love that will never end' and insists he never hurt her, his lawyer has revealed.
French solicitor Daniel Lalanne made the claim as it emerged Forrest is desperate to be extradited back to the UK so he can be 'closer to the one he loves', after spending eight days on the run with his pupil.
He will appear in court in Bordeaux tomorrow for the start of extradition proceedings, while Megan flew home to Britain at the weekend to be reunited with her family.
The married 30-year-old has told his lawyer that he is devastated that his ‘love story’ was brought to a ‘brutal end’ when he was arrested near Bordeaux on Friday.

His 'love story': Runaway teacher Jeremy Forrest (left) told his lawyer he is desperate to return to Britain so he can rekindle his relationship with 15-year-old schoolgirl Megan Stammers (right)

Mr Lalanne, said yesterday: ‘We have discussed how he feels about being taken back to Britain... and he doesn’t want to contest it.

 

'This is primarily because going home will take him back closer to the one he loves. Jeremy Forrest is in no way a pervert. This is a story only about love... It is as old as the world [and] I believe it will never end.
'In his head he has done nothing wrong except fall in love with a 15-year-old. There has been no violence, abuse or manoeuvre of any kind.'

The lawyer: French lawyer Daniel Lalanne said Forrest is desperate to be extradited back to the UK so he can be 'closer to the one he loves', after spending eight days on the run with his pupil

He added: ‘Mr Forrest is very upset that his love story has been brought to such a brutal end.’ 
It emerged yesterday that the couple managed to evade capture after Megan travelled on what is believed to be a passport belonging to Forrest’s wife, Emily, while the teacher checked them into hotels in Bordeaux using fake names.
Forrest, who was subject to a Europe-wide arrest warrant, touted for work with a fictional CV in which he described himself as a 28-year-old rock music journalist called Jack Francis Dean.
Witnesses said the pair behaved like Bonnie and Clyde as they visited expat bars and posed for pictures in the historic centre of Bordeaux which Forrest, an amateur musician, had visited in 2009 to busk.
Forrest and the schoolgirl left Britain on a cross-Channel ferry on September 20, arriving in Bordeaux by train the following day.
Eric Augier, owner of the two-star Choiseul hotel in the city centre, where they stayed the first night, said Forrest asked for a room under the name of Jack Grant.
He said: ‘I found a bit strange that he came alone to ask for a room and she stayed outside the entrance.’
They left in a hurry the following morning as news was breaking in Britain that they were in France.
In an attempt to find work, Forrest circulated a CV under the alias Jack Francis Dean. It made no mention of his teaching experience, stating instead that he was a journalism graduate who had worked for music magazine NME.
Matt Mann, assistant manager at the Houses of Parliament pub in Bordeaux, said Forrest had visited  with the schoolgirl on the eve of his arrest to hand in the CV.
He said ‘They were acting a bit odd, nervous, keeping to themselves. I thought they looked like Bonnie and Clyde.’
But another witness spotted them laughing and holding hands as Forrest used his mobile phone to take photos of Megan posing in the Place de la Victoire in the city centre on Friday.

Homebound: Megan boards a flight back to the UK from Bordeaux airport after eight days on the run with the married 30-year-old

New allegations: It has emerged that the couple managed to evade capture after Megan travelled on what is believed to be a passport belonging to Forrest's wife, Emily (right, pictured on their wedding day)

They were finally caught later that day after a British barmaid at expat bar HMS Victory recognised him and called police in the UK.
When Forrest returned to the bar for an interview he was tailed by a team of plain-clothes officers from the local judicial police and two British officers who had travelled to France.
Witnesses who saw Forrest during a brief court appearance hours after he was seized described him as looking like ‘a broken man’.