[Ammi]

...great decision for Shannon...


A woman who as a child was kidnapped and drugged by her own mother has been granted anonymity for life after an "extraordinary" injunction by the High Court.

Shannon Matthews was the victim of a brutal scam by her mother Karen Matthews in 2008, who aimed to scoop a £50,000 reward for finding her daughter.

Matthews and her boyfriend's brother Michael Donovan were found guilty of kidnapping, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice after Shannon was found hidden, drugged and tied up in the bottom of a bed – more than three weeks after going missing.

Shannon, now 21, and her siblings were taken into care and changed their names after the kidnapping. They are all protected by a restriction on reporting that is due to run out in 2021.

But the High Court has issued a sweeping new order meaning that their new names, addresses and jobs can never be revealed or published unless a court overrules the decision or the family revoke it.

Matthews and Donovan, of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, kidnapped Shannon, then 9, with the aim of pocketing the money from the reward offered to the people who found her.

They planned for Donovan to release Shannon in Dewsbury Market and pretend to find her before taking home the £50,000 reward after handing her into police.


...full article...

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/kidnapped-...153537530.html