STOUT’S CLOUT
Ena’s old ‘usual’ makes comeback
She talks to two officers KIDNAP shame mum Karen Matthews was given a ride home by the police after claiming she was being harassed. Matthews, 43, went shopping in the south of England when people recognised her and told her to leave the town centre. The mother of seven – who has a new identity after she was relocated upon her release from prison – called the police to complain she was being hassled. So officers drove her 10 miles to her home. The woman once dubbed “Britain’s worst mum” was jailed for eight years in 2008 after being found guilty of kidnap, false imprisonment and perverting justice. She went along with the staged abduction of her daughter Shannon, nine, in Dewsbury, West Yorks, in a bid to claim £50,000 reward cash. Shannon, now 20, was eventually found at the flat of accomplice Michael Donovan. We exposed Matthews for flogging unsold Pret sandwiches meant for the homeless in April.
On the phone chiefs claim. Battleaxe Ena, played by Violet Carson, right, loved downing milk stout in the Rovers snug.
And doubtless she’d try Black Sheep Breweries’ version now flying off the shelves along with famous brands including Mackeson and Guinness. Tesco’s Hugo Murray said: “Stout is popular again on the back of the craft beer boom..”
UK brewers Vocation and Yeastie Boys make a blueberry and waffle stout called Breakfast Club. “With the addition of vanilla, butterscotch, cherry, chocolate or chilli, stout has got very interesting,” said Vocation. Which could be good news for British Guinness drinkers. Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable has warned pubs could run dry of the stout if the Irish supply chain is hit by Brexit. stephen.hayward@sundaymirror.co.uk