SHANNON KIDNAP MUM FINDS A ‘SUGAR

EVIL mum Karen Matthews has found a 72-year old sugar daddy to fund a lavish lifestyle.

Pensioner Eric Anderson has been showering the 43-year-old ex-convict – dubbed Britain’s Worst Mother – with money and gifts, it is claimed.

Eric, a self-proclaimed devout Christian is said to have helped kit out her state-funded flat with top-ofthe-range appliances and super-fast internet.

The smitten pensioner has also allegedly given Matthews cash since she was released from prison after serving four years for arranging the kidnap of her nine-year-old daughter Shannon.

Sources close to Matthews – who has dramatically changed her appearance as our exclusive picture shows – claim she has targeted older males since leaving prison in 2012.

She is said to have posted profiles on websites for women seeking financial arrangements with men.

One source said: “She has an impressive lifestyle for someone who has been in prison for arranging the kidnap of her own child.

“She puts on a good show about having changed but the truth is different. You would think she would be destitute given her past but she has somehow found a way to live a very nice life.

“She had friends over for a party and there was apparently champagne and canapes – it certainly wasn’t on a budget.

“She has a huge flat screen TV and a Samsung Galaxy 8 smartphone that she flashes about.”

Matthews, who claims to have found God while in prison, now works in a charity shop alongside generous pensioner Eric.

Our source added: “She’s not getting that money from volunteering.

“She makes no secret of the fact that she has older benefactors who keep her in the lifestyle she wants.

“She knows how to manipulate people to get what she wants.”

Duty

Eric last night declined to comment on whether the relationship is sexual or if born-again Christian Matthews is paid for companionship. But he admitted giving her “care and support” and teaching her about “love.” He said: “It’s my Christian duty to explain what love is about. “She has concerns, she is a person of need, and whatever that need is, if people cross my path I will care and support.” When pressed on the nature of the support he is giving to the mum of seven, Eric said: “I am not prepared to tell you.” His response when asked if he has a physical relationship with her