Kidnap Shannon’s mum gags The Sun

by Guest 27.05.11 10:08

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Kidnap Shannon’s mum gags The Sun

By JOHN KAY

Published: Today

THE injunctions farce plumbed new depths yesterday as The Sun was gagged from publishing a story about evil kidnap mum Karen Matthews.

A High Court hearing in Leeds banned us on privacy grounds from printing an article which had been completely substantiated - and there were no complaints about its accuracy.

The newspaper was "commended" by the judge, Mr Justice Moylan, for acting "responsibly" by approaching authorities in advance of publication.

But although the story was in the public interest, the judge ordered a total ban.

Lawyers for Matthews, jailed in 2009 for kidnapping her daughter Shannon, urged the judge to impose the gag, even though they did not contest the truth of our proposed report.

Shannon, nine at the time, was missing for 24 days and was then found at a house belonging to Michael Donovan, an uncle of Matthews' lover Craig Meehan.

Matthews, 35, of Dewsbury, West Yorks, and Donovan faked a kidnap in a bid for a £50,000 reward.

She has six other children by various fathers and is expected to be freed next year.

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So what they were going to print was true, and she has been found guilty and is in prison, they still are gagged aaagh

by Guest 27.05.11 10:16

Also here, it seems it is a superinjunction wtf

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by Guest 27.05.11 10:21

I'm not surprised to hear this and I bet Carter Ruck are involved in it, in some way. Karen could not have had the money to arrange a superinjunction, so who paid for it to happen??

The last thing they needed at that time was people associating this with the McCann's.

by Guest 27.05.11 10:27

This quote from the link in my above post Stella

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The super-injunction was granted at Leeds High court yesterday. The judge banned publication of a story that a tabloid (The Sun) were about to publish, despite the judge accepting the story was entirely true. Lawyers for Matthews urged the judge to impose the gag but at no stage did they contest the truth of the proposed publication.

A super-injunction costs anything from £50k to a Ryan Giggs limitless. So please somebody explain who paid Mathews lawyers? Yes I know I know.

Here’s some fun times for you. Try and guess what Karen’s gagged story is.

These are my ‘guesses’.

A.) Mathews will never be allowed near children again.

B.) Mathews is at the centre of a child pornography business.

C.) Mathews has been offering to sell ‘her story’ for a large amount of money.

D.) Mathews won a large amount of money which she’s already invested in a children’s home and a video camera.

E.) It’s much much worse so it’s none of the above.

by Baronstu 27.05.11 10:31

Stella wrote:I'm not surprised to hear this and I bet Carter Ruck are involved in it, in some way. Karen could not have had the money to arrange a superinjunction, so who paid for it to happen??

The last thing they needed at that time was people associating this with the McCann's.

I Paid for it, along with every other UK taxpayer. The Human Rights Act is being perverted to put money in the pockets of the pathetic Legal Proffesion.

by Guest 27.05.11 10:32

F) We got the idea from the McCann's. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by Guest 27.05.11 10:43

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She has six other children by various fathers and is expected to be freed next year.

Totally unbelievable, it makes me sooooooooo angry angry2

by **Jill Havern** 27.05.11 10:48

Mathews was inspired by the Madeleine McCann disappearance for whom newspapers had offered a £1m reward for information leading to her recovery.

This won't be the last time someone 'does a McCann'. The McCanns have shown the world how to get away with ~~murder~~ neglect and possibly other crimes like asking the public to donate money to them which they used to pay their mortgage.

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Unfortunately for Karen Matthews it only works for friends of Prime Ministers which is why she is rotting in jail while the McCann's have become celebrities who sit on world famous couches like Oprah's and Piers Morgan's and get paid heaps of money to peddle their lies.

At least Karen Matthews had the good manners not to smile about the 'loss' of her daughter.

by Guest 27.05.11 12:30

She played the part of a grieving mother more convincingly than Kate, not that's saying much of course.

by lj 27.05.11 14:16

Stella wrote:I'm not surprised to hear this and I bet Carter Ruck are involved in it, in some way. Karen could not have had the money to arrange a superinjunction, so who paid for it to happen??

The last thing they needed at that time was people associating this with the McCann's.

I suspect that too.

Whatever they do "doing a McCann will be in the vocabulary for many years to come.