I see Karen Matthews has fallen in love and wants more children.

[ladybirder]

Do abers feel it's OK for her to continue to add to a family that she has already proved incapable of nurturing and providing for? Where do you draw the line with her and families like hers? What can be done, she seems to have learned nothing since her incarceration? She already has 7 children in care although of course that could change when she is released. Either way, it seems we will be paying for them.

http://www.dailymail....0-benefits-probe.html

[tonyav]

She ought to be sterilised imo.

[ladybirder]

if only tony ...

[marval]

I feel sorry for any children they have, I agree she should be sterilised.

[excelsior-1]

i'm astonished she is out free after such a short sentence

[ummmm]

She served 4 years.

[daffy654]

Unfortunately she is as entitled to have children as any other British citizen. There is a very strong chance that if she does get pregnant the baby will be taken from her at birth and put up for adoption. I can't see her getting her children that are in care back when she leaves the halfway house she is currently living in.

[excelsior-1]

not long enough.

what has happened to the pedo she was living with at the time of the fake abduction?

[daffy654]

Good question excelsior. I can't recall reading much about him since the time of the offence.

[wolf63]

Wonder where she found a guy of low enough intelligence and sense to take her on. Apart from the cruel crime against her daughter she has got to be about the most stupid criminal in the UK.

I read that she had twins - both different ages but the same father so she thought that meant that they were twins. ;-)

[sandyRoe]

With seven kids she must have been getting a fair few quid from the social. You'd wonder why she turned to crime.

[ummmm]

She was motivated by greed and I don't think she set out to hurt Shannon. I think 4 years and losing her children is punishment enough.

[ummmm]

Sandy - kids cost money.

[Kathyan]

But hers were being paid for by the taxpayer!

[ladybirder]

Ummmm I don't think she was bothered about Shannon except as a means to an end, ie getting some money. She appears to show little interest in her children at all which is sad to say but I fear it's true.

[ummmm]

Yes, it is sad. Just because someone is an extremely bad parent doesn't mean they don't love their off spring. I wonder what her childhood was like? We tend to learn from our parents.

[jomifl]

Who the **** is Karen Matthews. I watch the news channels, BBC, Sky, Al jazeera etc. but I've never heard of her. Am I missing something?

[hc4361]

Google is your friend, Jammi

[Baldric]

You're not missing a lot, check out the link in the OP.

[hc4361]

Oops, I meant Jomifl.

[boxtops]

Look at the link in the OP, jomifl