5 h. ago Karen Matthews repulsed detectives with 'appalling' act when daughter Shannon was found

It was the missing child case that captured the nation but when Shannon Matthews was found alive against all odds after nearly a month, her mother Karen's reaction troubled cops

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27 h. ago Shannon Matthews detective reveals 'remorseless' Karen's chilling request days after arrest

EXCLUSIVE: One of the main investigators in the Shannon Matthews case has revealed the chilling words Karen Matthews said to him just days after her arrest

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34 h. ago Chilling remark Karen Matthews made about her missing daughter Shannon that showed truth behind evil kidnap

Matthews, from Dewsbury, Yorkshire, was dubbed 'Britain's worst mother' after engineering a plot with Michael Donovan, the uncle of her then-boyfriend, to kidnap nine-year-old Shannon.

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36 h. ago Karen Matthews' paedophile ex boyfriend flees home after graffiti appears

Convicted sex offender Craig Meehan has fled his home, neighbours have said

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46 h. ago Neighbour shocked by Karen Matthews' comments prior to Shannon's kidnapping revelation

A new two-part documentary looking at the Shannon Matthews kidnapping case is available on Prime Video.

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49 h. ago 'I was neighbours with Karen Matthews and one casual comment horrified me'

When Karen Matthews reported her nine-year-old Shannon Matthews missing after failing to return home after a swimming lesson, her neighbour Petra Jamieson supported her throughout the ordeal until casual remark left her horrified

Culture

56 h. ago Shannon Matthews' mum Karen assaulted in prison as pal shares shocking details about jail stint

Karen Matthews friend Julie Bushby opened up on This Morning about her friend's eight years in prison following her conviction of kidnapping her daughter Shannon in 2008

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58 h. ago Shannon Matthews' mum Karen 'black and blue' in prison as friend gives update

Karen Matthews' friend Julie Bushby has revealed that she would visit her during her prison stint after she was found guilty of kidnapping her daughter Sharon

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58 h. ago Shannon Matthews' mum Karen's life in prison as friend shares shocking details

Karen Matthews' friend Julie Bushby has revealed that she would visit her during her prison stint after she was found guilty of kidnapping her daughter Sharon in 2008

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3 d. ago Karen Matthews's paedo ex flees home as graffiti pictured on house 25 yards from nursery

Craig Meehan, 39, had been living in a semi-detached, council-owned bungalow in Paddock, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, just 25 yards from a nursery for the last two years, neighbours claim

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