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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 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. | |
| 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." |
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| Specialist police search teams are scouring the family home on Moorside Road in the Dewsbury Moor area. | 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. | 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. | Mr Meehan, a fishmonger, has lived at the property with Karen Matthews, a mother-of-seven, for five years. |
| The nine-year-old schoolgirl was eventually found hidden in the base of a bed at a house a mile from her family home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire in March, 24 days after she went missing. | |
| But the youngster has not returned home since officers found her and she is in the care of social services. | |
| Her disappearance in February led to the launch of one of the biggest police inquiries in Yorkshire since the Ripper investigation of the 1970s. |