British school teacher Jeremy Forrest, who fled the UK with a 15-year-old pupil after starting a sexual relationship with her, has been found guilty of abduction.
The 30-year-old, of Petts Wood in London, was convicted by a jury at Lewes Crown Court who took just two hours to reach their verdict.
During his trial, Forrest was labelled a "paedophile" by the prosecution who said he "groomed" the vulnerable teenager and described his actions as a gross breach of trust.
The youngster, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had just turned 15 when the couple started a sexual relationship.
She developed a crush on him at Bishop Bell Church of England School in Eastbourne, East Sussex and held hands with him on a school trip to Los Angeles.
Fearing their relationship was about to be exposed Forrest booked them on a cross-Channel ferry from Dover to Calais last September before spending a week on the run in France.
