The Observer (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Amanda Hyett sentenced to a year for making false benefits claims worth almost £36,000 The aunt of the Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews today became the latest member of the family to be jailed in the aftermath of the investigation into the staged kidnapping of the nine-year-old. Amanda Hyett was sentenced to a year for making £35,885 in false benefits claims, which came to light...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Michael Donovan has been moved to a unit where cameras follow every move and he is checked four times an hour. The facilities were set up for Soham double child killer Ian Huntley when he was in Wakefield Jail, West Yorks.
Dont Let Them Hurt Our Children (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The "aunt" of kidnap plot victim Shannon Matthews is to stand trial charged with fraudulently pocketing more than £43,000 in benefits. Amanda Hyett, 27, the sister of Craig Meehan, 23, the ex-partner of Shannon's jailed mother Karen, appeared at Dewsbury Magistrates' Court in West Yorkshire. She is accused of failing to declare she was living with her husband, Neil, while claiming...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 23/01/2009
At one point she even looked at her watch
The Observer (Free subscription) | 23/01/2009
The mother of Shannon Matthews was today sentenced to eight years' jail for kidnapping and hiding her own daughter in a plot to claim the anticipated reward. Karen Matthews, 33, and her accomplice, Michael Donovan, 40, were found guilty last month of drugging and imprisoning the nine-year-old schoolgirl for 24 days. Donovan was also sentenced to eight years. The judge, Mr Justice McCombe, told the...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 23/01/2009
Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan are both jailed for eight years for their role in the kidnap of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 23/01/2009
Shannon Matthews' mother and co-accused Michael Donovan are jailed for kidnapping and imprisoning the schoolgirl.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/01/2009
The mother of Shannon Matthews was today sentenced to eight years' jail for kidnapping and hiding her own daughter in a plot to claim the anticipated reward. Karen Matthews, 33, and her accomplice, Michael Donovan, 40, were found guilty last month of drugging and imprisoning the nine-year-old schoolgirl for 24 days. Donovan was also sentenced to eight years. Both were convicted of kidnap, false imprisonment...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
SHANNON Matthews’ kidnapper Michael Donovan has been attacked in jail again
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Shannon Matthews was taken off the atrisk child protection register by social workers before being drugged and kidnapped by her mother Karen Matthews and 'uncle' Michael Donovan.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Detectives fear Shannon Matthews could have died at the hands of her kidnapper Michael Donovan if they hadn't rescued her when they did.
WWP-SENIOR SPEAKS! (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Shannon Matthews was on Kirklees Council’s child protection register, but she was never protected. The focus of the media and the nation has been on her abduction by Michael Donovan, but before that was even planned, Shannon Matthews was drugged, made to go without food, and living in an environment where she was exposed to illegal drugs and loud music. At least one neighbour complained, but...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
They believe Michael Donovan was poised to kill her and flee when officers burst into the flat where he had been holding the nine-year-old captive for 24 days.
Daily Mail online | Home (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
The mother of Shannon Matthews was today found guilty of the kidnap of her own daughter. Karen Matthews was convicted alongside her co-accused Michael Donovan after a trial at Leeds Crown Court. They kept Shannon drugged and leashed to the loft to stop her escaping during her 24-day ordeal in a 'cynical' plot to eventually claim £50,000 reward money for her safe return. Police believe the pair...
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
The mother of Shannon Matthews was today found guilty of the kidnap of her own daughter. Karen Matthews was convicted alongside her co-accused Michael Donovan after a trial at Leeds Crown Court. They kept Shannon drugged and leashed to the loft to stop her escaping during her 24-day ordeal in a 'cynical' plot to eventually claim £50,000 reward money for her safe return. Police believe the pair...
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