Nestled in the Yorkshire countryside is a charming and sleepy village with scenery that could rival that found in the Lake District. Except this it’s less likely to be rainy - and attracts far fewer crowds of tourists.
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Karen Matthews is said to be 'over the moon' her co-conspirator Mick Donovan is dead.
The 47-year-old became notorious in 2008 when her daughter Shannon was kidnapped. It was revealed that Donovan, 54, had kept the schoolgirl in his council flat for 24 days as part of a plot hatched by her mother. He died from throat cancer earlier this week.
Today Matthews emerged from her flat in a long beige puffer coat and with her face hidden behind a pink scarf, and shouted 'I'm innocent, leave me alone.' She stared intensely ahead as she rushed away with her hands in her pockets, The Mirror reports.
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Speaking on behalf of Matthews, her boyfriend Paul Saunders, said: "She's over the moon that Donovan is dead. It's the best news she's had in ages. Karen hopes that he rots in hell, we both do. Donovan is scum, we hope that he had a painful death."
He added: "She was told about it in a phone call and she screamed with happiness. She was punching the air because this man deserved to die. Good riddance to him."
Despite Matthews' conviction, Saunders insisted: "She's innocent. It was Donovan who did the crime and kidnapped Shannon. She had nothing to do with it. People have got this all wrong." He added: "Karen has been unfairly portrayed as Britain's worst mother. But it's total lies. Donovan is the only criminal here."
Mick Donovan, 54, held terrified Shannon captive in his rundown council flat for 24 days while hundreds of police officers along with locals searched for her after she disappeared in Dewsbury in 2008. The warped kidnapper insisted he was only "looking after" the terrified schoolgirl but he had in fact plotted, along with
Nestled in the Yorkshire countryside is a charming and sleepy village with scenery that could rival that found in the Lake District. Except this it’s less likely to be rainy - and attracts far fewer crowds of tourists.
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