LONDON - A mother who tearfully appealed for her missing daughter’s return was found guilty today of staging her disappearance in a kidnapping that prosecutors said was committed to claim a reward.

A jury at Leeds Crown Court took six hours to find Karen Matthews, 33, guilty of kidnapping, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice. Michael Donovan, the uncle of Matthews’ former domestic partner, was convicted of the same offenses. Sentencing was deferred but a judge said both faced substantial jail terms.