All news on the topic: Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews

The loner who snatched Shannon Matthews as part of a fake kidnap plot hatched by her shameless mum has died, The Sun can reveal.

Michael Donovan was put behind bars after kidnapping schoolgirl Shannon Matthews but halfway through his sentence, he was released back into society where he was found spending hours at Leeds marketplace

The unfathomable Shannon Matthews 'kidnap' case gripped the nation back in 2008 but what happened to her mum Karen after she was released from prison four years later?