Jeremy Forrest is set to stand trial on June 10
A TEACHER from Petts Wood is due to stand trial next month accused of abducting a teenage girl.
Jeremy Forrest, 30, of Chislehurst Road, was arrested in Bordeaux in France on September 28 last year following the issuing of a European arrest warrant.
Following extradition to Britain, Forrest - a teacher at Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne, East Sussex - was charged by Sussex Police on October 10 with abducting a child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
At a hearing at Lewes Crown Court on Friday (May 17) a trial date was set for June 10.
It is set to last two weeks.
Forrest, who denies child abduction, has been remanded in custody.
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