Karen Matthews is a bad mother who does not care for her children - only about blokes, claimed three men yesterday who have been closely connected with her.
Her ex-partners, William Marshall, 36, and Paul Hooker, 31, and older brother Martin Matthews, 42, painted a picture of a woman keener on men than her family.
William told how Karen even threatened to throw their daughter Kelly out on the street, if he didn't take her in.
William, who dated Karen after she had split from Shannon's father Leon Rose is father to Karen's fifth child, Kelly Lee Marshall, five.
He now lives with his partner Becky Friar, their two young children and Kelly. He said: "When Kelly was born, I went to see her in the hospital and then would visit her every day.
"I don't think Karen is a good mum. She never looked after Kelly. Before I took her in, the neighbours used to look after her. I was forced to go round there every day to change her nappy and give her her bottle."
He added: "Karen knew I was only visiting to see my daughter and she wanted more. She turned round to me one day and said, 'If you don't want to make a go of it, you'd better take your daughter with you when you leave - or I'll throw her out on the doorstep'.
"I took Kelly with me that day and Karen has only seen her once since. I fought for custody after that and won. After that, Karen made my life hell.
"She once came round to my old flat and poured brake fluid over my old car. It was ruined. Lots of the neighbours saw her.
"We moved soon after and Karen doesn't know where I live now. If I see her in the street, she completely ignores Kelly."
William also revealed he was so ashamed of Karen that he only informed Kelly she was her biological mum this week. The child had previously thought that Becky was her real mother.
Unemployed William said: "Kelly only found out Karen was her mum on Thursday. She has always believed Becky is her mum.
"I am so fed up of it all. When Karen came on television yesterday, I pointed to the screen and said to Kelly, 'See that woman? That's your mum'.
"She pointed at Becky and said, 'No, she's not, she's a scruff. That's my mum'." She's too young to understand."
Another of Karen's ex-partner's Paul Hooker - father to Karen's six-year-old son Daniel - said: "The day I left Karen, she screamed at me to take my son with me.
"She doesn't care about her kids - she's more interested in men."
And Karen's older brother Martin said she could never cope with her kids.
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