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Shannon Matthews Mother arrested !!!!!

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kay1981 · 07/04/2008 09:22

They have arrested her on perverting the course of justice - which i think means lying to the police under oath doesnt it?

Is it at all possible that they knew where she was all the time?

Perhaps cahnnel 4 should now re-show the documentary on shannons family and see how it is received knowing what we know.

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fin54 · 08/04/2008 19:57

Riven at no time did I criticize or say anything about single mother, KM quiet clearly is not a single mother (all be it she probably would have been better being one) I was one myself many years ago.
Totally agree with chocfest and Xenia, she has done nothing for the responsible single mothers of this country, although there are many good single mothers who care for their children brilliantly

CrackerOfNuts · 08/04/2008 20:00

Xenia, that would depend on wether you judge each working class mother seperatly, as you should, or wether you just judge them all by someone else mistakes.

CoteDAzur · 08/04/2008 20:07

How do you define 'working class' to include Shannon's mother?

How often do you think she worked full-time in the past decade to have children aged 11, 10, 9, 7, 6, 5, and 2?

thejollygardener · 08/04/2008 20:19

Looks as though KM has been a 'working girl' but not a 'working class working girl'

Trolleydolly71 · 08/04/2008 20:38

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goblinvalley · 08/04/2008 20:41

Her mother has been charged with 'perverting the course of justice'.

WHY would you do this to your child? A very sad strange set of affairs.

harman · 08/04/2008 20:42

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Heated · 08/04/2008 20:43

Is she not part of an underclass in today's Britain?

Heated · 08/04/2008 20:45

Victorian Squalor's MN name put me in mind of the C19th women prostituted their children for gin or sold their youngest to be sweeps to feed the rest.

So is this the modern day equivalent, prostituting your child to the press, using her for financial gain, whatever the emtotional cost to the child?

Let's hope not.

Divastrop · 08/04/2008 20:49

nobody is defending karen matthews.the best thats been said about her is 'innocent untill proven guilty'.its just that some posters(myself included)object to the judging of a woman on the basis of her relationship history and what her house looks like.

and what the hell is wrong with a 9 year old walking home from school by themself?

fin54 · 08/04/2008 21:09

Everything is wrong with a 9 year old walking home from school in today's society, gone are the days when children are safe and why would any decent loving mother take the chance with their children?s lives, more so when like KM they are sitting in the house entertaining their boyfriends or halve the estate they live in. Most working mothers make arrangements for their children to be picked up from school by responsible adults, she was sitting on her arse doing sweet f**k all by the looks of it, or maybe she was doing her bikini line.

moreJellothanJlo · 08/04/2008 21:13

what a stupid post fin, what planet do you live on?

mousehole · 08/04/2008 21:18

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snowleopard · 08/04/2008 21:21

I think that's wrong Fin - I've seen several reports that have pointed out that the number of child abductions/murders by strangers has actually not increased over the last 30 or 40 years. It remains pretty steady. The streets aren't more dangerous than they were.

There is a little boy who lives near me who is allowed to go to the shop by himself and has been since he was about 5 or 6 - I think his parents are sensible in letting him learn to be independent - knowing that we ive in a close-knit community and everyone looks out for each other's kids. Children have to learn to cope on their own - if not at 9, then when? Let's face it, if someone really wants to abduct you, they can - at any age. But learning to be streetwise is important. Otherwise we'd be letting clueless 18yos out onto the street never having crossed a road on their own.

That's not a comment on this particular case though - it all seems very murky and who knows who was involved and why.

Hulababy · 08/04/2008 21:22

There is, of course, nothing wrong with a 9yo child walking home froms chool on their own so long as it is a safe route, and it is in dayligh hours, and the child is f the nature to be sensible and come straight home.

I certainly walked home by myself, or at least with friends, at that age. And really the dangers regarding strangers or abduction are no worse, although the increased traffic is certainly a conern on some routes.

wannaBe · 08/04/2008 21:22

Hmmm. Actually I don?t think the world is any more dangerous now than it ever was, it?s just that there is more news which paints the world as a more dangerous place. And at 9 I was certainly allowed out to play on my own/go to my friends? houses, I didn?t walk home from school but that was because I went to boarding school.

There does have to come a time when we let our children have that little bit more freedom, and for some that time comes sooner than for others, but I don?t think 9 is completely too young to be allowed to walk home from school, provided the walk home isn?t too far/across too many main roads etc.

MH I would imagine that if KM has been charged with perverting the course of justice she will be remanded in custody for her own safety if nothing else. Imagine feelings will be running high amongst her neighbours.

wheresthehamster · 08/04/2008 21:30

KM charged here

TheMoistWorldOfSeptimusQuench · 08/04/2008 21:30

By thejollygardener on Tue 08-Apr-08 20:19:58
Looks as though KM has been a 'working girl' but not a 'working class working girl'

tjg - really? Has she been outed as a prostitute as well?

Golly gosh.

Or is this another example of your, err... "wit"?

fin54 · 08/04/2008 21:32

moreJellothanJlo, I know what is more important to me.

My children or entertaining the street,
My children would have to came first and I live on the SAME PLANET as you but maybe my priorities are more important to me than yours, as when doing the school run I see mothers collecting p7 children every day and they are not 9 years of age.

SparklyGothKat · 08/04/2008 21:33

How could anyone do that to their own child and for what? money!!

ScoobyDoo · 08/04/2008 21:35

You know what, now she has been charged i am glad her friggin kids have been taken away, maybe they can now have a settled, loving life instead of living amogst a friggin mess, stupid cow i hope she goes to prison,.

fin54 · 08/04/2008 21:41

Couldn't agree with you more ScoobyDoo, these poor children will be better off with decent loving people who will maybe give them a better chance at a decent life instead being brought up by scumbags who couldn't care less about them.

peanutbear · 08/04/2008 21:42

perverting justice in what way?? did she with hold information or something else

SlartyBartFast · 08/04/2008 21:44

which particular neglect i wonder

MissPaulaYates · 08/04/2008 21:47

neglect is - i assume- leaving her with said bloke for 24 days aged 9

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