Karen Matthews has left her new job as a carer just weeks after starting amid concerns over her conduct.
An elderly couple paid the ex-convict - dubbed Britain's worst mum for plotting to kidnap daughter Shannon - to cook and clean for them after they took pity on her at church.
Matthews reportedly left just weeks later as rumours began circulating about her behaviour towards the couple, it is claimed.
The 43-year-old left the role after the wife got suspicious that she was getting "too close" to her husband, reports Mirror Online .
The 65-year-old woman is said to have fallen out with Matthews over fears about her friendship with her husband.
The man, who is 70, says the relationship was an innocent platonic friendship but confirmed she no longer works for them.
It comes a year after sugar daddy Eric Anderson, 72, admitted showering Matthews with money and gifts and “teaching her about love”.
A source close to the couple who employed her said: “They are devout Christians and took pity on Karen after meeting her at church.
“They know what she did but gave her a second chance.
“They paid her to come round every day to help care for the woman and do the housework. At first, things were great and they were glad of the help in the house but soon things became tense.”
Matthews was picked up by the couple each morning from her two-bed council house and driven 15 minutes to their home.
Her duties included washing, cleaning and tidying. But the wife is said to have become suspicious there was more to it than just friendship.
Pals of the pair say they’ve just returned from a holiday alone in an attempt to rebuild their bond.
Our source added: “He is still trying to do right by Karen and would like to be her friend but she no longer works for them because of what happened.”
Matthews, who has seven children by five dads, was dubbed Britain’s worst mum after she was jailed for her role in Shannon’s kidnap.
The nine-year-old was found hidden under a bed in Dewsbury, West Yorks, 24 days after going missing in 2008.
A police probe found evidence she’d been drugged.
