Dubbed Britain's worst mum, Karen Matthews snatched her own daughter in a twisted crime which shook the nation. The mother-of-seven was banged up for her despicable role in the plot to kidnap nine-year-old Shannon then cash in on the £50,000 reward money.
After a desperate 24-day long search for Shannon in February 2008, she was found tied up and drugged inside the base of a bed in the flat of Michael Donovan, the uncle of her mum's partner Craig Meehan.
Matthews and Donovan were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of kidnapping, false imprisonment and perverting justice in December that year.
Meehan had nothing to do with the abduction, but was sent to prison for 20 weeks after unrelated child sex abuse material was discovered on his
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