Newsworthy?

The runaway girl who has gone to France with her teacher is dominating the news channels, Is this occurance that high profile, and practically would someone doing this at age 15 years 364 days old be news, but one day later, i.e 16 years old, legitimate, and not news?.

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In the eyes of the law she is still a child.
She is a vulnerable teenager, who was having extra maths lessons from him. He could well have spent that time grooming her.
The girl may have gone with him voluntarily, she will not be the first to have a crush on a teacher, he was very wrong to act upon a child's naivety.
Not to mention that he was in loco parentis and abused the trust of her parents.
He is a thirty year old teacher and knows exactly the consequenses of his actions. She on the other hand is a fifteen year old child who he has more than likely groomed for some time. He is a paedophile no more no less. The sooner they are found and he behind bars the better.

There is a thread on here about Asian men doing exactly this kind of thing, this man is no better. It is child abuse and it makes me so very angry.

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It also said on the News that the School was aware of his Friendship with the Lass, so why was nothing done about it? Then maybe this would not have been able to happen.

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If that proves to be the case then they should be held accountable because they have failed in their duty of care to that child.

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It's not worth the wall to wall attention it's getting.

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This abuse of trust and care, is one of the worst crimes any teacher can be accused of. The sexual side of it, is too awful to contemplate. To add just a flippant note, he should also be charged for crimes against music, for that caterwauling clip that was featured on the news.

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"The sexual side is too awful to contemplate?" Get a grip, please. We know nothing about Megan, whether she's a shy, vunerable child or if she's already had several boyfriends and is sexually active, as many 15 year olds are now. Good job she isn't Spanish, eh? The legal age there is 13 I believe, and assuming she will be 16 soon and it will all be legal and proper, it makes a bit of a mockery about all the media hoo-ha.

Comparing it to the Asian men grooming girls, their targets were druggies and homeless girls, youngsters with no supportive loving families who hung around the streets, and as far as I know Megan doesn't fit this bill, she willingly went with the teacher - oh, and hasn't bothered to ring her worried parents either. He's certainly callous in leaving his wife, foolish to throw away a good career (although it probably isn't the lifetime inspirational job it's commonly supposed to be) and selifsh not to insist she contacts her family - but here's a thought - maybe, just maybe, he loves her and vice versa. Even if it doesn't last - and some of these things do last - can he really be compared to some middle aged bloke abducting and abusing a small child?

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It really does not matter one jot how mature or otherwise this girl is. The inescapable fact is that under the 2003 Sexual Offences Act in England and Wales she is deemed to be below the age of consent.
The law is quite clear, it does not distinguish between gender or sexual proclivity and quite rightly does not make any sliding scale allowances for those nearing the legal age of consent.

From what has been reported, the school have abjectly failed in their duty of care, both to the pupil and not least the parents, and it would seem they are no strangers to that situation.

I cannot imagine the agony the mother and father are going through and I guess they at least are hopeful that the publicity will continue and bring about the end to their search.

One can only hope that the sought after male involved - I refuse to call him a man - in this tragedy has a spark of conscience and comes back to face the music.

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You are so very, very wrong.
It sends out a clear message to all those abusive men who ensnare underage girls, whatever means are used to ensnare them. That they have broken the law and will be punished.

And rightly so.

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Yes this story is newsworthy because no doubt the police are hoping to hear of sighting of this 'child' and the teacher who abducted her.

Regardless of any details concerning this child her teacher had a duty of care toward her and should have treated her in a manner befitting a child. He clearly did not do this and has broken the trust placed in him and probable the law too.