Britain's 'worst mother' Karen Matthews is 'over the moon' Michael Donovan is ... trends now
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This is Karen Matthews, pictured for the first time since the man she conspired with to help kidnap her daughter died.
Wearing a long beige puffer coat and with her face hidden behind a pink scarf, Matthews emerged from her shabby flat and shouted 'Im innocent, leave me alone.'
She stared intensely ahead as she rushed away with her hands in her pockets.
Matthews, 47 became a household name exactly 15 years ago when her nine-year-old daughter Shannon went missing and a massive police investigation was launched to find her.
Michael Donovan, 54, had kept the schoolgirl in his council flat for 24 days as part of a plot hatched by her mother. He died from throat cancer earlier this week.
Karen Matthews was seen for the first time since kidnapper Michael Donovan's death
Matthews' boyfriend Paul Saunders said she was 'over the moon' that Donovan had passed away
Donovan died on Tuesday after collapsing at Three Valleys Hospital in Keighley, West Yorkshire
Speaking on behalf of Matthews, her boyfriend Paul Saunders, a convicted paedophile told MailOnline: 'She's over the moon that Donovan is dead. It's the best
