Shannon's mother in tears

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Karen Matthews began sobbing in the witness box as she was asked questions by her barrister Frances Oldham QC at Leeds Crown Court about whether she had anything to do with Shannon's disappearance.

Matthews and Michael Donovan, 40, are accused of kidnap, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice in connection with Shannon's disappearance in February. Both deny the charges.

Matthews told the jury: "I'm just disgusted because I haven't had nothing to do with it."

Matthews, 33, of Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire, stood in the witness box wearing a stone-coloured jacket.

The court has heard how Shannon, who was nine at the time, was found in Donovan's flat 24 days after she went missing from her home.

The prosecution alleges Donovan kept her drugged and imprisoned in his flat as part of a plan he and Matthews had to claim £50,000 in reward money.

Mrs Oldham asked Matthews if she had planned the kidnap of her daughter.

"I did not," she told the jury.

She also denied she threatened to have Donovan killed or have his car burnt out.