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Detectives questioning a man suspected of abducting schoolgirl Shannon Matthews have been given more time to interview him. Detectives have been given more time to question a man suspected of abducting schoolgirl Shannon Matthews.
The nine-year-old was rescued from a flat in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, more than three weeks after disappearing in nearby Dewsbury. The nine-year-old was found in a divan bed in a flat in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, more than three weeks after she disappeared from nearby Dewsbury.
Officers arrested her stepfather's uncle Michael Donovan, 39, formerly known as Paul Drake on Friday. Officers arrested her stepfather's uncle, Michael Donovan, 39, formerly known as Paul Drake, on Friday.
Police have refuted claims by an MEP that she could have been found faster. Police have rejected claims by an MEP that she could have been found faster. Shannon is now in social services care.
Yorkshire MEP Edward McMillan-Scott said police should have carried out more checks on Shannon's family. Mr Donovan and Shannon were found by police in two concealed compartments under a divan bed at the flat on Lidgate Gardens, Batley Carr, on Friday afternoon.
He also said if police had used a missing child alert, known as an Amber Alert, Shannon would have been found sooner. A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said that specially-trained officers had interviewed Shannon on Saturday, and would continue to speak to her on Sunday.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "We would like to make it clear that UK Police Forces currently have available the Child Rescue Alert scheme. Police said she was "on the road to recovery following her ordeal".
The search operation was the force's biggest since the Yorkshire Ripper case.
Its use would have been wholly inappropriate in this case and the suggestion it could have somehow speeded up Shannon's recovery is totally inaccurate West Yorkshire Police
But Yorkshire MEP Edward McMillan-Scott said police should have carried out more checks on Shannon's family.
He also said if police had used a missing child alert like those used in other countries, known as an amber alert, Shannon would have been found sooner.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police defended the force.
He said: "We would like to make it clear that UK Police Forces currently have available the Child Rescue Alert scheme.
"This is designed for use in potential child abductions where a vehicle or partial vehicle details are known."This is designed for use in potential child abductions where a vehicle or partial vehicle details are known.
"As such its use would have been wholly inappropriate in this case and the suggestion it could have somehow speeded up Shannon's recovery is totally inaccurate.""As such its use would have been wholly inappropriate in this case and the suggestion it could have somehow speeded up Shannon's recovery is totally inaccurate."
Shannon Matthews was found in a flat on Friday afternoon.
Shannon's relieved mother, Karen Matthews said on Saturday: "I never gave up hope and now she'll be able to come home and sleep in her room again.
"We've got her pink bedding which she'll love.
"We're just happy to be a family again. That's all we've wanted - Shannon back and safe - now the family is safe again," she said.
West Yorkshire Police said Shannon had spent "a comfortable and settled night" on Friday watching films and playing with a kitten after she was found.
Shannon has been made the subject of an emergency police protection order, which will be in place "as long as is necessary", police said.