Shannon Stepdad Held Over Indecent Pics

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The stepfather of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children.
Police remove items from house
Police remove items from house

Craig Meehan was detained after West Yorkshire Police examined a number of computers during the search for the nine-year-old, who went missing for nearly four weeks.

The 22-year-old fishmonger is currently being questioned by detectives.

Sky News correspondent Gerard Tubb said: "The photographs are not of Shannon and the allegations that Craig Meehan downloaded the photographs are not connected to the disappearance of Shannon."
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Meehan lives with Shannon's mother Karen Matthews at Moorside Road in Dewsbury Moor.

But the girl has not returned home since she was found.

Tubb added: "(Meehan's arrest) has the potential to have considerable repercussions - not least of which because social services are looking at what happens, not only to Shannon and any eventual return to the family home, but also to the other children in the household.
Stepdad Craig Meehan
Stepdad Craig Meehan

"She is in the care of social services ... the likelihood of Shannon going home any time soon is slim to say the least."

Shannon disappeared on her way home from a school swimming trip on February 19.

She was found 24 days later at the house of Meehan's uncle in Batley Carr, a mile from her home.

Michael Donovan, 39, of Lidgate Gardens, Dewsbury, was later charged with Shannon's kidnapping and imprisonment.

His trial has been provisionally set for November 11 at Leeds Crown Court.

Hundreds of officers and 60 detectives were involved in the

will_lufc · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

well i just hope the police get to the bottom of this case and lock up whoever is responsable

if you ask me the stepfather looks wired anyway

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lil eva · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject:

I can't get the fact that the mother said that she thought it was someone close to the family who had Shannon,out of my mind

What the bloody hell wasn't she telling the police or was it just a stupid comment made while she was distraught?

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chimp · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject:

if u saw the C4 documentary - you would have been appalled by these lowlifes - ffs stepdad is 22 - mother is 32 - not right

lil eva · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject:

No i missed that one Chimp

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ceejaylufc · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject:

If it's proved he's been looking at kiddy stuff, just give him back to the community - they'll sort him out - probably better than prison would. There was always something strange going on there though - horrible stuff, hope things get sorted soon.

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lil eva · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject:

Detectives investigating the alleged abduction of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews have arrested two women.

West Yorkshire Police said a 25-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, while a 49-year old woman was being questioned on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

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