Mother charged in Matthew’s kidnap case

THE MOTHER of Shannon Matthews has been charged in connection with the nine-year-old's disappearance.

Wed, 09 Apr, 2008 - 01:00
Alistair Keely

Karen Matthews, 32, of Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, faces charges of child neglect and perverting the course of justice.

Shannon vanished on 19 February while on a school swimming trip and was found 24 days later after one of the largest missing person hunt's West Yorkshire Police had ever conducted.

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