'We were used, abused and taken for a ride - what mum could do that to their own child?!' rage victims of Shannon Matthews kidnapping hoax in first look at harrowing documentary

Daily Mail​

4 days ago

A first look at the new documentary The Hunt For Shannon Matthews sees the victims rage 'we were used, abused and taken for a ride'.
The upcoming show, which will be available to watch on Amazon Prime Video on Sunday 17 August, will see a number of people involved in the look for the young girl appear on our screens to talk about her disappearance.
Shannon was nine years old when she was reported missing in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, back in February 2008.
24 days after she was reported missing, she was found a few miles away at Karen's then-boyfriend Michael Donovan's house in a plot to claim a £50,000 reward.
In an exclusive first look at the documentary, Karen Matthews ' friend Julie Bushby rages: 'There was a lot of anger. Everybody felt betrayed.
'Everybody felt used and abused because we were all taken for a ride. It were everybody that went out searching that were taken for a ride.
'It were everybody that were putting posters up... taken for a ride.'
Retired Detective Constable Nick Townsend adds: 'She misled her own community, her friends, her family, the press, the nation, effectively, for 23 days.'
Petra Jamieson, a woman who lived on Dewsbury's Moorside Estate, says: 'She weren't allowed back on the estate by the police, so I never got to speak to Karen.
'Did I want to strangle her doing it? Did I want to punch her? Hug her? All of the above.'
Fighting back the tears, she continues: 'The children. What mum could do that to their own child?'
It comes after a man who investigated Shannon's disappearance revealed the moment he knew that her mum Karen the person behind it all during an appearance on This Morning earlier this week.
Richard Edwards, who was a local reporter at the time, and Karen's friend Julie appeared on Tuesday's instalment of the ITV show to talk about their involvement in the case.
Presenters Emma Willis, 49, and Andi Peters, 55, were keen to know the moment when they started to rethink things and become suspicious of Karen.
Retired Detective Constable Nick Townsend says: 'She misled her own community, her friends, her family, the press, the nation, effectively, for 23 days' (pictured)
Richard said: 'The conversation on the estate was fever pitch by then.
'A lot of people were talking about Karen's strange behaviour, but more and more people had started to actually say she'd been involved.
'There was one particular night where to this day I've never known who this person was.
'It was a Sunday night, a few days before Karen was arrested...
'A car pulled up on the estate, I was working, it was late on the Sunday, it was dark and a guy got out and he said 'Where's that Richard Edwards from the Yorkshire Evening Post?
'I thought I've done something to offend this fella, but I need to front up. I said "That's me".
'He came over, he was right at the end of Mooreside Road and he pointed towards the house, he went "She's done it. She's known where that little girl has been all along."
'Then got into the car and drove off and I thought right... that was weird.
'That was on top of the other stuff I'd been hearing. And then three days later she was arrested.'
An intrigued Emma asked: 'And you have no idea who that person was?'
'To this day, don't know who he was,' Richard replied.
'So if he's watching this and wants to get in touch with me just to explain who he is and just clear up that tiny little outstanding part of the story.
'I would love to hear from him because he didn't tell me who he was, but he was right!
'He was right!'