on 19 february 2008, shannon matthews, a nine-year-old girl from the moorside estate, was reported missing. after a 24-day hunt which attracted huge media and public attention nationally, she was found hidden in a flat in the batley carr area on 14 march 2008. her mother karen matthews, along with michael donovan, the uncle of her step-father craig meehan, were later found guilty of abduction and false imprisonment and both jailed for eight years, as part of a plot to claim the reward money for her safe return by pretending to have solved her disappearance.