Shannon Matthews trial: Guilty verdicts

Dec 4 2008 By Andrew Jackson

THE mother of Shannon Matthews was found guilty today of kidnapping her own daughter.

Karen Matthews, 33, of Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire, was also convicted by a jury at Leeds Crown Court of false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice.

Her co-defendant Michael Donovan, 40, was found guilty of the same offences.

Nine-year-old Shannon was found in Donovan’s flat in Lidgate Gardens, Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, 24 days after she went missing in February.