Disgraced Karen Matthews ‘attacked with mushy peas by a disgusted mum outside fish and chip shop’ over fake Shannon abduction
HATED Karen Matthews was reportedly attacked by a disgusted mum at a chippy over the fake kidnapping of daughter Shannon.
The disgraced mum-of-seven had a pot of scalding hot mushy peas poured on her head as she left her local takeaway, according to the Daily Star.
A fuming woman apparently followed Matthews outside and dumped the food over her head, saying: "You evil b****. I'm a mother too."
Matthews was bombarded with death threats after BBC drama The Moorside starring Sheridan Smith was watched by seven million people on Tuesday.
The 41-year-old is still apparently protesting her innocence over the kidnap plot of Shannon, now 18, and insisted the truth would out.
A source told the newspaper: "Karen thinks this is just the start and wonders how many more attacks she will suffer.
“She was glad it was just a few peas but next time it could be worse. She was living
quite a peaceful life until this programme came along. But Karen being Karen, she
doesn’t think it is anything to do with what she did by kidnapping her daughter.”
Matthews was pictured working in a charity shop a day after the damning BBC drama gripped the nation.
She was caged for eight years after the schoolgirl, then aged nine, was found drugged inside the base of a divan bed in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
It later emerged that mum Karen had orchestrated the whole plot so she could bag the £50,000 reward money and split it with her accomplice Michael Donovan.
She is now a teetotal born-again Christian, living on benefits under a new name 200 miles away from Dewsbury.
The insider told the Star: “She is a long way from Dewsbury and has only been recognised a couple of times in a year. “But now with this new drama on the telly she’s petrified. The show is bringing her crimes to the attention of a lot more people who were younger at the time and weren’t aware of what she did.”
The new drama retells the story of Shannon’s abduction and follows the search efforts to find the young girl.
The story of the nine-year-old girl who went missing on her way home in West Yorkshire captivated the nation once again after it aired.
Relatives and friends of the family appeared on TV to tell their side of the story in the run up to the first episode.
Yesterday it emerged Matthews allegedly made money from writing “dirty letters” to pen pals while she was in prison.
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