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Mom convicted of faking daughter's kidnap

LEEDS, England, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A mother of seven in northern England was convicted Thursday of faking the kidnapping of her 9-year-old daughter in hopes of collecting a reward.

Mother tried for daughter's kidnapping

LEEDS, England, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A jury in Britain was told Wednesday that a 9-year-old West Yorkshire girl was drugged and imprisoned in a plot by her mother to collect reward money.

Mother charged in case of missing girl

LONDON, April 16 (UPI) -- Charges of child neglect and perverting the course of justice were filed Wednesday against the mother of a 9-year-old British girl who was missing for 24 days.

Stepfather of kidnapped girl arrested

LONDON, April 2 (UPI) -- Police sources in Britain say the stepfather of kidnapped schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography.

No bail for Shannon's alleged kidnapper

DEWSBURY, England, March 18 (UPI) -- The man accused of abducting 9-year-old Shannon Matthews was ordered held without bail after a brief appearance Tuesday in an English court.

Man held in abduction of 9-year-old

LONDON, March 17 (UPI) -- British police can continue to hold a West Yorkshire man for questioning in the abduction of a 9-year-old girl rescued after a nearly monthlong disappearance.

Police criticized in missing girl case

YORK, England, March 15 (UPI) -- Neighbors say that they passed information to police about Mick Donovan days before a missing English schoolgirl was found in his home in Yorkshire, England.
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