![]() He said he had wanted to take Shannon back to her mother but "was frightened of the men". The prosecution alleges Donovan and Matthews hatched a plot to fake Shannon's kidnapping and collect £50,000 in reward money put up by national newspapers.ĭonovan, 40, and Matthews, 33, deny kidnapping, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice.ĭonovan made his statements in his first interview at Halifax police station after his arrest. ![]() Shannon, then aged nine, was found by police in Donovan's flat having been reported missing from her home in Dewsbury by her mother 24 days earlier on February 19. I was frightened that if I didn't do it they'd come after me. Then she threatened to "get three lads on to me", he told detectives, adding: "I know one of the people she mentioned had stabbed a man and killed him. "She then asked me to take care of Shannon and again said there would be money in it for me," he said in a police statement read to the jury. ![]()
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