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| Detectives investigating the disappearance of Shannon Matthews have arrested her stepfather on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. | Detectives investigating the disappearance of Shannon Matthews have arrested her stepfather on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. |
| Craig Meehan, 22, was arrested after officers on the Shannon Matthews case carried out inspections on a number of computers. | Craig Meehan, 22, was arrested after officers on the Shannon Matthews case carried out inspections on a number of computers. |
| Mr Meehan was arrested at the family home at 0800 BST on Wednesday. | Mr Meehan was arrested at the family home at 0800 BST on Wednesday. |
| Michael Donovan, 39, of Lidgate Gardens, Dewsbury, West Yorks, has been charged with kidnapping Shannon. | Michael Donovan, 39, of Lidgate Gardens, Dewsbury, West Yorks, has been charged with kidnapping Shannon. |
| West Yorkshire Police said in a statement: "During inquiries by the Shannon Matthews investigation team, the contents of a number of computers have been examined. | West Yorkshire Police said in a statement: "During inquiries by the Shannon Matthews investigation team, the contents of a number of computers have been examined. |
| "As a result of this work, police have arrested a 22-year-old man from the Dewsbury Moor area on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. | "As a result of this work, police have arrested a 22-year-old man from the Dewsbury Moor area on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. |
| "He is currently being questioned at a West Yorkshire Police Station." | "He is currently being questioned at a West Yorkshire Police Station." |
| Specialist police search teams are scouring the family home on Moorside Road in the Dewsbury Moor area. | |
| The house was not occupied as the officers conducted their detailed search of the property and Shannon's mother, Karen, was not seen at the home. | |
| Mr Meehan, a fishmonger, has lived at the property with Karen Matthews, a mother-of-seven, for five years. |