November 11 2008 is the date that has been set for the trial of Michael Donovan, the man charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews.
Donovan, 39, formally from Lidgate Gardens, Batley Carr, appeared via video link today (Wednesday) from his new home, Armley Prison in Leeds. The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier, remanded Donovan into custody and another hearing will take place on July 11 but no doubt Donovan will not appear or appear by video
It seems like yesterday that Donovan was arrested, however it was March 14. Police raided his grotty flat in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, and found the missing nine-year-old. Shannon had been missing for 24 days sparking the one of the biggest police inquiries in the area since the Yorkshire Ripper investigation of the 1970s.
Shannon is still under police protection or 'in care' however you want to put it. Her mother, Karen has said: "I fully understand that the police need to keep speaking to Shannon. I appreciate that could take some time and is not something that is going to happen overnight." Lets hope that now the glare of publicity is away from the family, normality is returning and Shannon has spent time with her mother. I find it all too odd to comprehend?
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