Shannon Matthews: The unravelling of the truth

It is 10 years since Shannon Matthews was reported missing by her seemingly distraught mother. For 24 days, Karen Matthews played the tearful victim, pleading for the return of her "beautiful princess daughter". When the nine-year-old was found safe, the woman at the heart of the hunt was exposed as a liar. But has the truth behind the kidnapping hoax been fully revealed?

"The first day Shannon was reported missing, I saw it in her eyes. She had this look did Karen, where she wanted to tell you something, but what came out of her mouth was different."

By her own admission, Natalie Murray was responsible for sending her former best friend, Karen Matthews, to prison.

It was three weeks after Shannon was found - drugged in the base of a divan bed at a flat belonging to her mother's boyfriend's uncle - that Natalie's questioning forced a confession.

She had thought from almost the moment the schoolgirl disappeared on 19 February 2008, that something did not add up.

 Source: BBC NEWS