Review of Shannon kidnap to remain secret
Report into the abduction of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews will not be published in full because it could put her and her siblings at risk.
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Report into the abduction of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews will not be published in full because it could put her and her siblings at risk.
Read the full storyIt's emerged that the full facts over how social services and other agencies dealt with Shannon Matthews' family in the years leading up to her abduction will never be made public - to protect Shannon and her siblings.
It's claimed that publishing the precise details of a serious case review into Shannon's kidnapping by her mother and uncle, would put the youngsters' welfare at risk. Lisa Adlam reports.
The 36 year old was sentenced to 8 years for false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice.
A former neighbour of Karen Matthews, jailed for faking her own daughter's disappearance has told a national newspaper that Karen insists there were several others involved in the plot, but she is too scared to reveal the truth. She said she wants to take a lie detector test to prove it.