Jeremy Forrest is jailed for FIVE AND A HALF YEARS after he was found guilty of abducting pupil, 15 This morning he admitted five charges of sexual activity with a child Jeremy Forrest was sentenced to five and a half years for both crimes today Received a year for abduction and four and a half years for sex offences He was also banned from working with children for rest of his life His family say after sentencing 'Jeremy is very sorry for what he has done' Schoolgirl lover not in court today after yesterday he told her: 'I love you' Series of online messages by girl reveals her feelings about him and trial Girl denied they had sex 8 times a night: 'I'm no Russell Brand!' she said Waiting: School teacher Jeremy Forrest is led into Lewes Crown Court for sentencing today, and has now admitted five child sex offences linked to his abduction case Disgraced maths teacher Jeremy Forrest has been jailed for five and a half years today and banned from working with children for the rest of his life. The 30-year-old paedophile was yesterday convicted of abducting his schoolgirl lover when she was 15 and taking her on the run in France for eight days. This morning Forrest decided to plead guilty to five charges of sexual activity with a child to avoid another trial. Yesterday Jeremy Forrest had mouthed 'I love you' to his former pupil, now 16, from the dock - she then sobbed and replied 'I love you. I'm so sorry' as he was found guilty of her abduction. Today she kept away from his sentencing at Lewes Crown Court. The jury heard that during their four-month affair they sometimes had sex up to eight times a night in his car, home or hotels, and the 30-year-old first kissed her in a classroom when she was 14. Prosecutors said their affair was 'not Romeo and Juliet' and that Forrest was a paedophile satisfying his 'carnal desires'. Judge Michael Lawson QC sentenced Forrest to four and a half years for the five offences of sexual activity with a child and one year for the offence of child abduction, to run consecutively. 'Your behaviour in this period has been motivated by self-interest and has hurt and damaged many people - her family, your family, staff and pupils at the school and respect for teachers everywhere,' he told Forrest. It has damaged you too but that was something you were prepared to risk, you now have to pay that price. Judge Lawson also imposed a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (Sopo) on Forrest banning him from working or volunteering with children and unsupervised contact with children forever. Judge Lawson told him: 'It was your duty as a teacher to stop her infatuation not to fuel it. Your research into what might happen to you if you were caught is proof of the deliberate nature of your behaviour. Forrest, wearing a grey suit, white shirt and tie, showed no emotion but nodded to his family as he was taken down to the cells. Caught on camera: Forrest and the girl aboard a ferry from Dover to Calais last September, and she clearly still has feelings for him despite his abduction conviction Forrest's family said they hoped the case would lead to a full examination of what went wrong. They added that Forrest was 'very sorry' for his actions. His mother, Julie, brother, Tom, and sister, Carrie Hanspaul, stood on the court steps while solicitor Henrietta Ronson read their statement. She said: 'This case has been very difficult from the start for everyone involved. This is a sorry episode for all concerned and Jeremy is very sorry for his actions. 'Despite the verdict and today's sentence, there are many factors in this case which need to be examined and addressed, including the failure to properly act on early warnings. We sincerely hope that these are sensibly looked into and not simply swept under the carpet. Earlier his defence lawyer admitted his client must be jailed, but added: 'He unfortunately fell in love and crossed the line at a time when he was in a very low position and depressed.' After he pleaded guilty to child sex offences this morning, the court heard a statement from the victim's mother who said she felt 'the worst mother in the world'. 'Someone got my child and I never saw it coming or saw it while it was happening,' she said. It came as his victim, now 16, promised him: 'I'll always be waiting for you' in a series of ardent messages written online after her lover's arrest and even during his trial. It appears they want to resume their relationship as soon as he is free and a series of online messages by the girl have now emerged, in which the teenager openly defended the 30-year-old and their affair. Support: Forrest's sister Carrie Hanspaul holds her husband's hand outside court as her and Jeremy's mother Julie walks behind wearing sunglasses Sad: Forrest's mother Julie Forrest hugs a member of her son's legal team on the steps of Lewes Crown Court Meanwhile, in a message online she said: 'It's "not Romeo and Juliet?" Of course it's not! 'That's a tragedy and they both f****** died. How moronic! Over their four month affair, which started with a classroom kiss, they had sex in his car, home and at hotels, often without contraception, before the 30-year-old took the teenager to France in September last year. Writing about prosecution claims they sometimes had sex eight times a night, she said: 'I'm no Russell Brand. Honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry. I'm a young girl yes, but I'm no Russell Brand! Honestly in shock! As she turned 16 last month, she said: 'Realising that 16 feels exactly the same as being 15. Oh, the irony! It has also emerged that the girl was arrested on the second say of Forrest's trial because police had been told she would refuse to give evidence against the man she loved. She wrote later when she was about to see him in court, the first time since their arrest in Bordeaux, she said: 'Too excited to sleep'. Messages: The girl who was abducted by Jeremy Forrest has been posting a series of loving and supportive notes online for her former maths teacher Her online messages also reveal her feelings while Forrest was arrested and in custody waiting to be tried. On Christmas Day 2012 she said: 'Still wide awake... thinking about who I am without this Christmas and hoping this will be the last Christmas I have to be!' After the New Year, on January 3, she said simply: "I'll always be waiting for you'. Confirming their plan, a family friend said last night the pair remain "desperately in love." Peter Saunders, chief executive of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac), said Forrest had been handed a 'serious sentence'. 'That's definitely saying to anybody who is put into a unique position of trust with a child that you don't cross that boundary under any circumstances,' he said. He went on: 'He took advantage. No matter what people say, a 14-year-old child does not have the emotional maturity to embark on a relationship like this. This was a 30-plus qualified teacher who took advantage of the attractions of a younger girl. 'You don't cross that boundary, you don't go there. He went there and he is paying the price, and quite rightly too. He added: 'People who try to blame the child is akin to saying your 16-year-old daughter who went out in a short skit is asking to be raped. It's not an argument.'