Childminder who left more than 20 kids home alone is jailed in ‘shocking’ case

Amanda Mathewson (left) in Kirkcaldy before the childminder was jailed at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court (Picture: PA)

A childminder who took on so many kids that some had to be strapped into prams upstairs or left in the garden has been jailed for two years.

Amanda Mathewson, 55, was only legally allowed to look after eight children but at one point 27 were found at her home in Dunfermline, Fife.

All were under 16...