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Shannon Matthews’ twisted kidnapper Michael Donovan has died following a short battle with cancer

THE loner who snatched Shannon Matthews as part of a fake kidnap plot hatched by her shameless mum has died, The Sun can reveal., 54, held the terrified schoolgirl captive in his grotty council flat for 24 days as hundreds of cops and thousands of locals searched for her round-the-clock.

Cops eventually found Shannon, then nine, in the drawer of a divan bed in Donovan's flat just a few miles from the estate where she vanished from.

Donovan - whose family disowned him in 2022 - did not have a single visitor in the final months of his life.During his stint there he also changed his name to Aiden Johnson to cover up his horrific past.A source said: "He wouldn't interact with the other patients much other than to talk about that series.They said: "Nobody really liked him - he was a very unpleasant bloke.

"He kept to himself but he had a horrible temper if he wasn't happy with something - usually the food.BGT fans demand huge shake-up to new series after rule break backlash They were found guilty of kidnap, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice and both sentenced to eight years behind bars.Timeline of the Shannon Matthews kidnap plot- Police announce that they have started a massive search involving more than 200 officers as concern grows for the missing girl.- Shannon is found alive and hidden in the base of a divan bed at a house at Michael Donovan's house in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire.

 

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