Shannon's mother and her partner, Craig Meehan, were driven from their home by police just over an hour after the police raid. "She said she heard a child's footsteps above and she knew that he hadn't got any children, I think she called the police and they took it from there," he said. They were dragging him."Īnother neighbour in Lidgate Gardens, Christopher Heaps, told Sky News the alert was raised by a woman living in the flat below where Shannon was found. "There were two men on either side of him. "He wasn't walking, he was just limp," she said. She was clinging to the officer for dear life."ĭixon said she then saw the suspect "dragged" out of the flat and into a waiting police car. "I couldn't see Shannon's face - she was covered up. I then said 'Has Shannon been found?' and they said 'Yes'," she told PA. "A neighbour shouted out 'Is it Shannon?' and they said 'Yes, it is'. One neighbour, 37-year-old Mandy Dixon, said she saw Shannon being brought out of the flat by a plain clothes officer. Shannon was found after police broke into the flat in Lidgate Gardens, a neighbour who witnessed the operation told the Press Association. It is extremely rare for abducted children to be recovered alive if they are not found very soon after they are snatched. The discovery of Shannon, who disappeared on her way home from a school swimming trip in Dewsbury on February 19, followed increasing fears for her safety by both police and Shannon's family. It is understood that she is yet to be reunited with her mother, Karen Matthews, who was said to be "in shock" following her daughter's safe recovery. Shannon has been made subject to an Emergency Police Protection Order. uk understands that the man is a member of Shannon's extended family. A 39-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of abduction and is currently in custody, a West Yorkshire police statement said.
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