The best pal of Karen Matthews has welcomed the awarding of lifelong anonymity to the kidnap-faker’s children. Julie Bushby’s evidence helped jail Matthews, who staged the disappearance of her nine-year-old daughter, Shannon, in the hope of pocketing a reward for “finding” her.
And she says Shannon and her siblings can finally “stop living in their mum’s shadow” after the High Court this week granted them all permanent anonymity.
The order prevents their new names, addresses and jobs being published unless a court agrees. They had all been protected by a reporting restriction but these were due to expire in September 2021.
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