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A neighbour of abducted schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been jailed for a year after admitting benefit fraud amounting to more than £35,000. | A neighbour of abducted schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been jailed for a year after admitting benefit fraud amounting to more than £35,000. |
Amanda Hyett, 27, illegally claimed £35,885 in income support and housing benefit, Leeds Crown Court was told. | Amanda Hyett, 27, illegally claimed £35,885 in income support and housing benefit, Leeds Crown Court was told. |
Hyett had been on bail since pleading guilty at a hearing in October. | Hyett had been on bail since pleading guilty at a hearing in October. |
Shannon, now 11, was kidnapped and imprisoned by her mother Karen and Hyett's uncle, Michael Donovan, in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, last year. | Shannon, now 11, was kidnapped and imprisoned by her mother Karen and Hyett's uncle, Michael Donovan, in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, last year. |
Hyett, the sister of Karen Matthews' ex-partner, Craig Meehan, referred to herself as the girl's aunt. | |
Prominent figure | Prominent figure |
At a hearing in October she admitted four counts of making a false statement or representation to obtain benefits, one count of retaining a wrongful credit and one count of failure to notify a change of circumstances. | |
A further charge of making a false statement was withdrawn after Hyett pleaded not guilty. | |
Shannon Matthews went missing in February 2008. | Shannon Matthews went missing in February 2008. |
Twenty-four days passed before she was found being held at Donovan's flat in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire. | Twenty-four days passed before she was found being held at Donovan's flat in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire. |
Her mother's trial was told she had hoped to claim reward money. | Her mother's trial was told she had hoped to claim reward money. |
Hyett, of King Edward Street, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury, was a prominent figure in the hunt for Shannon. | Hyett, of King Edward Street, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury, was a prominent figure in the hunt for Shannon. |
She took part in candlelit vigils for the missing girl, gave television interviews and was a frequent visitor to the Matthews home next door to her own former property on Moorside Road, in Dewsbury Moor. | She took part in candlelit vigils for the missing girl, gave television interviews and was a frequent visitor to the Matthews home next door to her own former property on Moorside Road, in Dewsbury Moor. |
Matthews and Donovan were both jailed for eight years in January after being found guilty of kidnap, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice. |