Childminder jailed for two years after leaving more than 20 children unsupervised
Sheriff says Mathewson committed a 'gross abuse of a position of trust'
A childminder who admitted leaving more than 20 children alone and unsupervised in her home has been jailed for two years. Amanda Mathewson, 55, pleaded guilty to wilfully neglecting and abandoning children at her home in Dunfermline, Fife, in August 2024.