In 2008 who was convicted of kidnapping her own daughter in order to raise ransom money?
Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews On 19 February 2008, Shannon Louise Matthews (born 9 September 1998), a nine-year-old girl, was reported missing in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. The search for her became a major missing person police operation which was compared to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Shannon was found alive and well on 14 March 2008 at a Batley Carr house belonging to 39-year-old Michael Donovan, uncle of Craig Meehan – the boyfriend of the kidnapped girl's mother, Karen Matthews. The kidnapping was subsequently discovered to have been planned by Karen and Donovan to generate money from the publicity. Donovan—also
Kidnapping in the United Kingdom Kidnapping in the United Kingdom Statistics for Kidnapping in the United Kingdom are often hard to discover, due to the country's policies around the crime. Notably, U.K. has special categorization for the crime of child abduction, it is categorized under the violence against the person, in place of kidnapping. According to the "Offender Management Caseload Statistics", UK had recorded about 57 convicted kidnappings cases between 2007-2008. On 2008-2009, it was 21. The "Caseload Statistics" further notes that out of 98,820 prisoners in England and Wales, 217 were convicted of kidnapping. Of these 217 kidnappers, 208 were men, and 9 were