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Childminder jailed after she left 27 kids home alone strapped into prams and in garden
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Liverpool Echo is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 6 Nov 2026, 12:15 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Childminder jailed after she left 27 kids home alone strapped into prams and in garden”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Amanda Mathewson looked after many more children than the eight she was allowed, and at one point 27 were found at her home with some strapped into prams and others unsupervised in the garden
Story timeline
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- First reported by Liverpool Echo
Childminder jailed after she left 27 kids home alone strapped into prams and in garden
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Childminder jailed after leaving babies home alone strapped to prams
Reported by 1 outlet
- Liverpool Echo