Shannon trial

A jury has seen tearful TV appeals made by Shannon Matthews' mother during her daughter's 24-day disappearance. The footage was shown as the trial of Karen Matthews, 33, and Michael Donovan, 40, resumed at Leeds Crown Court. They both deny kidnapping and falsely imprisoning Shannon who went missing in February, when she was nine. They also deny perverting the course of justice. The court has heard how Shannon was found in Donovan's flat 24 days after she went missing from her home in Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire. The prosecution allege Donovan kept her drugged and imprisoned in his flat in Lidgate Gardens, Batley Carr, as part of a plan he and Matthews had to claim £50,000 in reward money. The trial was halted on Monday after it emerged Donovan needed further medical treatment after he was attacked in prison. The judge, Mr Justice McCombe, told the jury: "Following an X-ray Mr Donovan has been found to have suffered a fractured jaw. Hopefully well-treatable. He was in pain and unable to take some food. "Surgery is not now required and he's been given some suitable food in addition to painkillers."

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ITN | November 18, 2008

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