runaway lovers

[flipnflap]

how long can they keep themselves hidden? surely they need to go out in search of food and other things? or are they being looked after by someone? hate to say it, but i've not got a god feeling this will end well. you?

[sandyRoe]

I can't see it ending well but hope it doesn't end in tragedy.

[bednobs]

france is a big country, and europe is a big continent. If a french schoolgirl had rinaway, do you really think it would be given loads of airtime in the uk? I reckon your average french person would have no clue who they were when buying bread. Also, just 1 of them has to go out i guess, making it even less likely someone recognioses them. They've been all over the news here, but i wouldn't know them if i fell over them

[EcclesCake]

I am astonished by how many threads this couple have generated on AB.

My view is she'll get over it and he's screwed his marriage, career and future.

[Mosaic]

What are they doing that is illegal in France?

[IggyB]

Interesting point, the age of consent in France is 15. I don't know if they have similar legislation to our own which raises the age when there is a relationship of power / trust in place (like teach and pupil).

[flipnflap]

Maybe they'll stay in France til she's 16 and they can retun here

[Le Chat]

Why didn't they just wait until she'd finished school? At 15, she must be in year 11! He must be very thick. A teacher as well....just goes to show!

[sp1814]

We were discussing this at work. We theorised that he must've built up a sizeable cash reserve, because had he been using credit/debit cards, the British authorities would be able to pinpoint their whereabouts.

Then someone else put up this theory - maybe she[i kidnapped [i]him] (ready availability of guns amongst teenagers was proffered as a theory).

We threw that one out pretty quickly.

[sp1814]

Le Chat

EXACTLY!!!

[Tilly2]

At the risk of being thick, what does it show?

[youngmafbog]

Shows that if you cant do you teach and if you cant teach you teach PE.

Serioulsy though I dont see that much can be done if they find them. As far as I am aware no arrest warrant has been issued so what can the French Police or interpol do? It is clear she was not abducted and in France is not nuder the age of consent.

What amazes me is the amount of air time this has generated. surely this (runaway 15 yr olds) must happen all the time but I cant think of a singel prime time report in the recent past. Because he is a teacher I guess, but still well OTT

[Le Chat]

Tilly2 - It shows that as a teacher, he must be educated and therefore have a brain ...but these actions (especially given that she will finish school in May next year) do not reflect his intellect!

[jomifl]

They will not be able to get married in France even if she is old enough. They will need proof of residency usch a sa utility bill, their birth certificates and their parents birth certificates just to begin with.

[Prudie]

As an ex-teacher I always knew it as if you can't teach then you teach teachers.
Anyway, I agree there is such a kerfuffle in the press about this. There has been suspicion about them for months. If the UK was so bothered they should have made more of an effort to intervene before.

[Baldric]

Just a thought, not been keeping up with it, is there a Stepfather involved?

[zebo]

I think that the hysteria in the Press is making it increasingly difficult for them to come back, they're being painted into a corner.

[anotheoldgit]

No good them waiting until she is 16 because the law says because he is in a position of trust, the age of consent is 18.

[McMouse]

The French authorities are not looking for them. They say she is a missing person and that is not high priority.

[albaqwerty]

methyl, allegedly they had a return ticket and were due back on Sunday but didn't show (according to the BBC)