Mother’s partner in Shannon case had indecent images

POLICE investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews discovered 134 indecent images of children on the computer of her mother’s former partner, a court heard yesterday.

Yorkshire police, called after the nine-year-old went missing in February, said they had found the images on a computer belonging to Craig Meehan, 22, who was living with her mother Karen at the time.

Prosecutor David Holderness said 134 images had been found on a second-hand computer bought by Meehan in 2006, with another 10 discovered on his mobile phone.