Karen Matthews: Last News

Karen Matthews is said to be 'over the moon' her co-conspirator Mick Donovan is dead.

A documentary about Shannon Matthews abductor Michael Donovan airs tonight. He kept the sedated youngster under his bed in a fake kidnapping that left the nation shocked and sickened.

When the news broke that little Shannon Matthews was missing nobody imagined that her mum had staged the incident.

The family of the man who kidnapped Shannon Matthews say if cops had listened to them they would have found her right away.

Social media users have slammed an "evil" comedy musical about the disappearance of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews, which has sold out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.The musical, created by comedy duo Kunt and the Gang, is based on the true story of the faked abduction of nine-year-old Shannon, who was reported missing in 2008. After a major search, the schoolgirl was found hidden in the base of a bed in a grotty flat just a mile away from her home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.READ MORE: Sick bloke caught cooking cats and dogs as he prepared to eat neighbour's pet Her mum Karen Matthews had planned the whole thing with Michael Donovan - her then-partner's uncle - in a bid to split £50,000 reward money.

Shannon Matthews was the victim of a hoax kidnapping plot set up by her own mother Karen Matthews back in 2008. The story of the school girl - who was found alive - and her disappearance is the focus of Channel 5 documentary The Disappearance of Shannon Matthews.The documentary, which also features interviews with several people who knew the family - including Shannon's best friend at the time Megan Aldridge - as well as police officers who found Shannon, is available to stream via My5.Here's everything you need to know about what happened to Shannon Matthews.Shannon Matthews was reported as missing on February 19, 2008, after she vanished on her way home from a swimming lesson outside her school in Dewesbury, West Yorkshire.

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The disgraced mum drugged her daughter Shannon and faked her abduction in a bid to claim a £50,000 reward in Dewsbury, west Yorkshire, in 2008.On Sunday, March 14, the Otley Burger Company shared a picture of Matthews on Instagram and Facebook along with the caption: "Happy Mother's Day to all the mums out there.

It's been exactly 12 years since Shannon Matthews went missing.

When Karen Matthews walked outside her house to desperately plead for her daughter’s return - she had the whole nation fooled.

mum' Karen Matthews made several key mistakes that exposed the kidnap scandal of her own daughter.Schoolgirl Shannon Matthews vanished in February 2008 leaving the nation's hearts broke for her 'devastated' mother Karen.But the public had no idea she was just playing the part of a tearful mum as she begged for the safe return of her nine-year-old daughter.Mathews was actually part of an evil plot to hide and drug her child behind the scenes while she pleaded for help in front of television cameras, reports The Mirror.It was West Yorkshire Police who launched a mammoth search operation , the biggest operation since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, while stricken friends and neighbours feared the worst.But one of Matthews' closest friends

When Shannon Matthews went missing, the nation's hearts broke for her devastated mother Karen.

Dubbed Britain's worst mum, Karen Matthews snatched her own daughter in a twisted crime which shook the nation.

Shamed kidnap mum Karen Matthews is living a "lonely" existence and should be allowed to "get on with her life", a loyal friend says.

puppy trade was left barely able to walk by an untreated tumour.Animal rescuers found the female Labrador in such a horrendous state she was stepping on the on the growth and had to undergo emergency surgery.So severe was chocolate Lab Holly's condition, even seasoned charity workers were reduced to tears.Karen Matthews, a trustee at Almost Home Animal Rescue NI in Moira, told Belfast Live : “She was just so scared and it did make us all cry.

The best pal of Karen Matthews has welcomed the awarding of lifelong anonymity to the kidnap-faker’s children.

The Sun.Back in February 2008, the then nine-year-old went missing from her home in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.For over three weeks, cops searched for the youngster, her local community put out missing posters and the public waited anxiously for news. During this time, Shannon's mum Karen Matthews and partner Craig Meehan gave tearful interviews that tugged at the heartstrings, pleading for the little girl's safe return.

Police have investigated the flat of Karen Matthews' paedophile lover after neighbours reported that they'd seen a camera taped to a window there.