A FORMER Hammond School student has admitted abducting a teenage boy who attended her ballet lessons.

Actress and dance teacher Sarah Pirie, 27, whose TV credits include Hollyoaks and Waterloo Road, appeared at Preston Crown Court on Monday.

Pirie admitted taking a child without lawful authority in May last year and will be sentenced on January 7.

The prosecution said it was no longer proceeding with five counts of having sex with the under-age boy, who was 15 at the time.

Pirie joined the Hoole Bank school when she was 16 and completed her course there.