Text of police statement on Shannon Matthews

Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:14pm GMT

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LONDON (Reuters) - Police said on Friday that schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been found alive in a house in West Yorkshire, nearly a month after she went missing.

Here is the full text of a statement released by West Yorkshire Police:

"As part of ongoing investigations, detectives and specialist search officers attended a house at Lidgate Gardens, Batley Carr, Dewsbury, at 12.30 p.m. this afternoon.

"During a search of the house, officers located Shannon Matthews, who was found concealed in the base of a divan bed.

"A 39-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of abduction at the address and is currently in custody at a West Yorkshire police station.

"Shannon is currently in the care of West Yorkshire Police. Investigations are ongoing."

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