DADDY’ TO GIVE HER LUXURIES OF LIFE Pensioner showers Karen with gifts and cash

was the same. But he added: “People have done their time.

“The more I say the more it will have repercussions for myself and other people.” He then tried to give our reporter a copy of The Bible.

So-called sugar daddy dating websites have boomed in the UK in the past decade.

There are more than double the users than two years ago and they are popular with

young stu- dents struggling to pay their fees. Matthews is said to have cashed in on the craze, although there is no suggestion she is registered with a specific sugar daddy website or has sought money in return for sexual favours.

Matthews, who was relocated away from her home in Dewsbury, West Yorks, is fond of dubious money-making schemes.

Her sick plot to kidnap Shannon was aimed at collecting reward money when the girl was found.

Last week Matthews, who has a new identity, was accused of running a cash-making scam selling sandwiches destined for soup kitchens.

The callous criminal – who was jailed 10 years ago after a 24-day manhunt for Shannon – was also previously exposed for a get-rich-quick scheme writing sexually-explicit letters to male admirers from prison. Matthews never appears to have shown any remorse for Shannon’s kidnap. But pals say she is still very much besotted with her children and her life before prison.

One friend said: “She has pictures of her family all over her flat and she has home-made collages of her life before in a shrine. “There are pictures from the family album which she has stuck together with old birthday cards and wrapping paper and written messages on in felt tip pen. “She still maintains that she loves her family.” Matthews caused outrage when it emerged she kept a Best Mum ornament on her bedside table. She told pal it was bought for her by an official assigned to help her rehabilitation. The search for Shannon in early 2008 was a huge police operation. She was found sedated at the home of Michael Donovan, 39, uncle of Matthews’ boyfriend Craig Meehan. Matthews and Donovan were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of kidnapping, false imprisonment, and perverting justice. Both were given eight-year prison sentences. Last night Matthews refused to comment on our revelations.