Shannon: More time to quiz suspect

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Michael Donovan, formerly known as Paul Drake, will continue to be interviewed over the schoolgirl's 24-day disappearance.

Shannon was discovered in the base of a divan bed at the 39-year-old's flat in the Batley Carr area of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Friday.

On Saturday night Donovan, the uncle of Shannon's stepfather Craig Meehan, appeared before magistrates who granted detectives the warrant of further detention.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said specially-trained officers would continue to speak to Shannon as part of the investigation.

Shannon has been made the subject of an emergency police protection order, which will be in place "as long as is necessary", police said.

The schoolgirl's mother Karen Matthews, 32, and her partner Mr Meehan, 22, arrived back at their home in Moorside Road, Dewsbury, on Saturday night and were met by cheering friends and family at their door.

The Reverend Kathy Robertson, of the Dewsbury Team Parish, said the pair were looking forward to having their daughter back home.

"They are really good and really relieved that Shannon has been found alive and well," she said after visiting their home. "They are looking forward to having her in their own home."

The Reverend said the atmosphere in the house was one of "anticipation", adding: "Anyone in that situation would just want to take their child in their arms again."