Dunfermline childminder jailed for two years for neglect
Crime · First reported 6 Nov, 11:20 · Updated 12:04
Amanda Mathewson was jailed for two years after admitting that she neglected and abandoned children in her care. Reports say she was permitted to care for eight children, while 27 were found at her home at one point.
- Mathewson admitted wilfully neglecting and abandoning children in her care in 2024.
- She was jailed for two years.
- She was allowed to care for up to eight children; 27 were found at her Dunfermline home at one point.
- Some children were found unsupervised in the garden or strapped into prams in an upstairs room.
- A learning review is to take place, and the Care Inspectorate said it had updated inspection, complaints and conflict-of-interest procedures.
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- Sentence
- Two years in jail
- Childminder
- Amanda Mathewson, 55
- Permitted number of children
- Eight at a time
- Number found at home
- 27 at one point
- Location
- Dunfermline, Fife
- Next step
- A learning review was planned
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