shannon mathew`s

[JJ_]

The plot thickens!!!!


"TWO relatives of Shannon Matthews' stepdad, Craig Meehan, have been arrested in connection with her abduction.
West Yorkshire cops are holding Craig's mother, Alice Meehan, on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

They are also holding Amanda Hyett, his 25-year-old sister, on suspicion of assisting an offender.

A police spokesman said: "Detectives investigating the alleged abduction of a nine-year-old girl in Dewsbury in February, have this morning arrested two women in Dewsbury.

"A 25-year old has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and a 49-year-old on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

"They are being questioned at police stations in West Yorkshire."

[cherokee]

well it may explain why they wouldnt allow shannons mam to see her for a while..
If that woman knew nothing about what her hubby and his family were up to then she must be going through hell.
just hope her and her kids can find some sort of normality after this.

[flashy]

ah but did these people take the child to protect her? we dont know anything yet really do we?

[panther]

Originally Posted by flashytart

ah but did these people take the child to protect her? we dont know anything yet really do we?

from him!!??

why he's family though
its a bit suss that she cant go back to her own mother

[flashy]

maybe her mum knew what was going on and refused to leave him....who knows

[JJ_]

Originally Posted by flashytart

ah but did these people take the child to protect her? we dont know anything yet really do we?

I thought that too!

[JJ_]

I dont think Karen is involved, my heart goes out to her...
Latest news
"SHANNON Matthews’ mum was “staggered” yesterday after ANOTHER sensational twist in the saga over her daughter’s disappearance.

Traumatised Karen, 32, was left reeling again as the mother and sister of Shannon’s stepdad were arrested over suspected involvement in the girl’s kidnap.

Amanda Hyett, 25 – whose house is next door to Shannon’s family – was held with 49-year-old Alice Meehan. Her son Craig lived with Karen until HIS arrest earlier this week.

Mum-of-two Amanda, who also has a stepdaughter, was arrested on suspicion of assisting her uncle Mike Donovan. He is accused of abducting Shannon and holding her captive for 24 days.

Widow Alice – who Shannon, nine, called “Grandma” – was arrested and questioned on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

The swoop followed allegations by Donovan during police interviews.

Cops had checked emails and phones to see if any of Shannon’s family or friends had contacted Donovan, 39.

The arrests were yet another hammer blow for Karen, who dumped 22-year-old Craig this week after his remand on child porn charges.

Karen was last night still on suicide watch at a police safe house.

A pal said: “She’s been told the latest news and is absolutely staggered.”

Craig’s arrest – which is not related to the Shannon case – came on the day Karen was briefly reunited with her daughter for the first time since her February 19 disappearance.

Shannon has been cared for by social services since cops found her in the base of a bed in Donovan’s flat.

Earlier this week, social services stepped in to look after three more of Karen’s children who normally live with the family in Dewsbury Moor, West Yorks. Her other three kids live with their fathers.

Alice and Amanda were arrested as they attended an appointment at Dewsbury police station yesterday.


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Amanda was heavily involved in the huge hunt for Shannon and wore T-shirts appealing for help. News of her arrest was broken to hubby Neil by The Sun. The 36-year-old coach driver, away working in Spain, insisted: “She’s nothing to do with it.”

Karen has vowed to return home, despite death threats.

She has been warned vigilantes may target her semi over the charges made against ex-love Craig. But she insisted: “I won’t be driven out.”

Amanda and Alice were granted police bail last night."

[steeljack]

maybe what this guy has to say is right ...
Family life is in 'meltdown': Judge launches devastating attack on our fractured society | the Daily Mail

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by JJ_

I dont think Karen is involved, my heart goes out to her...

She has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

[JJ_]

Hmmmm yeah ive just read this story, perverting the course of justice could mean many things...this story is going to have many twists and turns

[Lolly]

Its all very sad. What has that poor little girl gone through.

BBC NEWS | England | Bradford | Mother arrested by Shannon police

[magpie]

Maybe they are all in it and thought they would get money!!!!!!

[cherokee]

Its all developeping slowly....

[JJ_]

OMG I will hold my hands up and say I was wrong with my thoughts on the story!

Karen: 'I knew where she was'

COPS have been granted an extra 12 hours to quiz the mother of Shannon Matthews.

Sobbing Karen Matthews allegedly confessed in a police car that she KNEW where her missing daughter was being held – from DAY ONE.

Karen, 32, had made emotional pleas for an abductor to return the nine-year-old throughout a massive 24-day hunt.
But last night she was being questioned on suspicion of perverting the course of justice – as neighbours who helped search for Shannon branded her “twisted”.

Panic
Detectives arrested Karen at 7.20pm on Sunday after she broke down in front of pals and her police family liaison officer.

She allegedly blurted out: “I knew where she was all the time.”

Karen has told cops the background lay in a plan to leave her partner of four years, supermarket fishmonger Craig Meehan, 22.
She claims the man accused of snatching Shannon – Craig’s uncle Michael Donovan, 39 – had offered her a place to live.

She had packed clothes but at the last minute “bottled out” and stayed put.

Police are now investigating whether at that point on February 19 Donovan had already picked up Shannon from school.

Panicking Karen reported she had gone missing on the way home – then watched in horror as the search escalated.

But detectives are ALSO probing claims that associates of the Matthews family tried to extract money from the Maddie McCann fund – and the possibility of a kidnap plan based on an episode of Channel 4 show Shameless.
Karen’s arrest came after two of her pals were driven by family liaison officer DC Christine Freeman to pick her up at a safe address.

In the car, her friends began quizzing her over inconsistencies in her story. One suddenly suggested she had known from the start where Shannon was.
Mum-of-seven Karen, of Dewsbury Moor, West Yorks, is alleged to have to have “nodded and said Yes”.

A source claimed: “She started shaking uncontrollably and crying. Her friend asked her what part was true.


“It’s alleged she said she had known where Shannon was right from Day One. It seems everything got out of control and she didn’t know how to stop it.”

DC Freeman pulled up and rang her bosses before driving Karen to Dewsbury police station. Yesterday she was being held at a police station in Wakefield.

Karen is said to have discussed moving in with Donovan at a family funeral. But she has denied gossip about an affair with him.

Police found Shannon on March 14, hidden in the base of a divan bed at the maisonette home of computer programmer Donovan in Batley Carr, a mile from her home.
Fury
Donovan is charged with abducting and falsely imprisoning her. He slit his wrists and took tablets on Sunday in a suicide bid while on remand.

Five members of Shannon’s family have now been arrested.

Karen dumped Meehan last week after he was charged with 11 child porn offences unconnected to Shannon.
Meehan’s sister, Amanda Hyett, 25, and his mother, Alice Meehan, 49, were also held in connection with the alleged kidnap.

Last night Karen’s arrest sparked fury in Dewsbury.

Farrah Johnson, who helped run the Find Shannon campaign, said: “I’m sick with anger. We think it’s unforgivable and twisted. She watched as our homes were ripped apart by search teams. We all helped look for Shannon.”
Caroline Meehan, 29, the sister of Craig Meehan and Amanda Hyett, said: “I have always maintained that Karen had something to do with this.

“There has been an image painted of her as innocent and vulnerable – but that’s not how it is. Now hopefully we will get the whole truth.”

But friend Petra Jamieson, 30, pledged to stand by Karen. She said: “Whatever she’s done, she’s done for a good reason. She’s not a bad person.”
Karen’s cousin, care home worker Vicky Saunders, said: “I’m shocked. I was with Karen when Shannon went missing, I helped. She loves all her kids, no matter what.”

In her 999 call reporting Shannon’s disappearance, tearful Karen told the operator she had been “everywhere I can think of, friends, family and everything”.

During the hunt she made a series of tearful appeals, pleading “Please let her go” and describing the youngster as “my little Princess”. Our source added: “It’s now suspected they were crocodile tears.”

A legal expert said yesterday: “Anyone who knew where Shannon was and stayed silent can expect to be prosecuted.”

West Yorks Police confirmed they had arrested a 32-year-old woman on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

More than £5million in taxpayers’ money was spent on Britain’s biggest ever missing person hunt when Shannon vanished.

Six hundred cops searched 3,000 properties.

[AccyLass]

........omg!