Amanda Mathewson arriving at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
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Amanda Mathewson spent 30 years as a self-employed childminder

ByBen Philip, BBC Scotland News, Reporting fromat Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and James Delaney, BBC Scotland News
  • Published6 November 2026, 11:26 GMT
Updated 24 minutes ago

A childminder who admitted leaving more than 20 children she was caring for alone and unsupervised in her home has been jailed for two years.

Amanda Mathewson, 55, pled guilty to wilfully neglecting, abandoning and exposing children in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering or injury to their health at her home in Dunfermline, Fife in August 2024.