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where John had hidden. In March 2007, the couple returned to Panama and formed a company called Jaguar
Properties in order to buy a two-bedroom apartment in El Dorado for £50,000. The bedsit house next to the family home was sold under the name of the Darwins' son, Mark; the home had been transferred to Mark in 2006. The proceeds from the sale were then transferred to Panama.
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532:, a major UK political party. Audience members were given an image sheet of twenty people, twelve of whom were running to be leader, and asked to name the person and mark if they thought they were a leadership candidate. Darwin's image was used as an incorrect answer, with 38% of the surveyed audience members marking him as a possible candidate.
192:. Later the same day, he was reported as "missing" after failing to report to work. A large-scale sea search took place, during which 62 square miles (160 km) of coastline were searched. There was no sign of Darwin, though the following day a double-ended paddle and the wreckage of Darwin's kayak were found. The
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the following day upon returning to the UK, and detained in connection with the allegations of fraud. She appeared in court on 11 December in
Hartlepool to face two charges of fraud: obtaining £25,000 and £137,000 by deception. She remained in custody until 14 December. Darwin appeared at Hartlepool
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September when a colleague of Anne became suspicious upon overhearing a phone conversation between the couple. The Darwin family home was sold for £295,000 in October 2007 and Anne subsequently left for Panama. In the third week of November, the couple holidayed
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as a possible destination. The couple flew to Panama on 14 July 2006, where they were photographed by a
Panamanian property agent, and the resulting photograph was posted on the Internet. Newspapers from February 2007 were later found in the boarded-up gap between the Darwins' house and the bedsit
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insurance group). Some time that year, a tenant of the block of bedsit flats that the
Darwins owned, Lee Wadrop, recognised Darwin and asked him, "Aren't you supposed to be dead?" to which Darwin replied, "Don't tell anyone about this.” Wadrop later said that he had not told the police because he
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On 14 February 2012, the CPS announced that the entire £501,641.39 in life insurance and pension payouts received by Anne Darwin had been recovered, partly from the sale of two properties in Panama. Kingsley Hyland, head of the North East CPS Complex
Casework Unit, said: "It is important that
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a year earlier, Anne confessed to knowing Darwin was alive and that he had been secretly living in their house and the house next door, which allowed him to receive the insurance money for his own use. On 23 July 2008, John and Anne Darwin were each sentenced to more than six years in prison.
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In April 2014, it was reported that John Darwin had repaid just £121 from the £679,073 that the judge had ordered him to repay. However, this was because all the assets were in Anne Darwin's name. By July 2015, the pair no longer had any assets, having repaid a total of £541,762.39.
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them for £25,000 and John's separate charge of obtaining a passport by deception. They were then both charged together for obtaining more money from a teachers' pension scheme (two separate amounts of £25,186 and £58,845), as well as for obtaining money from the
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laws, Darwin emailed Anne on 14 June 2007 to notify her that their identities would have to be verified by UK police in order for them to receive now-required
Panamanian "investors' visas". Knowing that his "John Jones"
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before returning to Panama. On 30 November 2007, Anne bought an airline ticket for her husband to
England because "he was missing his sons". On the same day, Mark left his property firm after working his notice period.
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was issued stating that Darwin had died on 21 March 2002. This allowed his wife to claim his life insurance; it is alleged that £250,000 was paid out from Unat Direct
Insurance Management Limited (part of the
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said that all profits from the "callous and calculated" fraud committed by the couple would be confiscated. John Darwin was released on probation in January 2011 and Anne Darwin was released in March 2011.
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fraudsters see that not only will we prosecute them wherever possible, but we will also make every effort to retrieve their ill-gotten gains to return them to those they have defrauded."
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of the British former teacher and prison officer John Darwin. Darwin turned up alive in December 2007, five and a half years after he was believed to have died in a canoeing accident.
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of £250,000. The fraudulent claim had allowed the couple to pay off their £130,000 mortgage. In December 2007, after it was revealed the couple had been photographed together in
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was unusually calm and rescuers were puzzled that Darwin could have got into trouble in such conditions.
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would not pass this level of scrutiny, Darwin decided to return to the UK under his real name and fake
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62% of our audience think OUR CAMERAMAN is running to be Prime Minister! - The Last Leg
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1220:"Sons of 'dead' canoeist duped by their parents, police reveal"
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Copping, Jasper; Leach, Ben; Sawer, Patrick (9 December 2007).
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that he was considering buying from boat dealer Robert Hopkin.
987:"How 'canoe man' John Darwin faked his own death 15 years ago"
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In fiction, it inspired a 2009 novel by Adrian Gere called
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515:) attempt the same thing but ultimately drown for real.
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The story of John and Anne Darwin was dramatised in the
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1197:"EXCLUSIVE: Overheard phone call led to investigation"
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in the title roles, was shown on ITV in April 2022.
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1248:"Why canoeist John Darwin came back from the dead"
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1917:"British Scandal: S6 E1: The Canoe Con | Missing"
852:"Canoe man 'was in huge debt' before he vanished"
562:In September 2023, he was mentioned on the show
1391:"Did Darwin Steal Dead Baby's Name? (Sky News)"
1246:Bunyan, Paul Stokes and Nigel (23 July 2008).
339:The Darwins' cover story unravelled after the
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1691:"Canoe man John Darwin walks free from jail"
734:"Detectives to question long-lost canoeist"
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1336:. London. 6 December 2007. Archived from
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1044:"Canoe man's wife lands back in Britain"
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1131:Maclean, Stewart (7 December 2007).
985:Muncaster, Michael (21 March 2017).
157:for 18 years before leaving to join
1863:"Corrie's Joe 'set to do a Darwin'"
1614:"Canoe pair lose jail term appeals"
1588:"Canoeist appeals against sentence"
1570:"Missing canoeist admits deception"
1330:"Wife confronted with Panama photo"
1302:Weaver, Matthew (6 December 2007).
1017:"Court remands canoeist in custody"
938:"Missing Canoeist - Wreck is Found"
791:Weaver, Matthew (5 December 2007).
586:List of solved missing person cases
572:as they talked with members of the
1954:"Saving Lives at Sea: Series 8: 1"
1523:"Canoe couple remanded in custody"
1505:"Further charges for canoe couple"
1474:Canoeist wife remanded in custody
1203:. 10 December 2007. Archived from
1133:"John Darwin's fake passport trip"
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1986:2002 crimes in the United Kingdom
1869:. 27 January 2010. Archived from
1543:Welford, Joanne (17 April 2022).
1487:"Christmas in prison for Darwins"
1462:Canoeist wife arrested back in UK
1405:"Canoeist sons 'victims of scam'"
1283:Glendinning, Lee (23 July 2008).
1218:Walker, Dani (11 December 2007).
1075:"Canoe Man and Canoe Wife – Sunk"
912:"Sea search for Missing Canoeist"
878:Savin, Jennifer (18 April 2022).
850:Mendick, Robert (12 April 2012).
768:. 8 December 2007. Archived from
687:"'Canoe Man' John Darwin charged"
606:"'Missing' man charged by police"
544:The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
2051:People who faked their own death
1073:Altman, Alex (9 December 2007).
732:Jones, Aidan (3 December 2007).
409:Department for Work and Pensions
218:"did not want to get involved.”
2006:Missing person cases in England
1450:Police await canoeist wife move
1359:Allen, Nick (8 December 2007).
1100:Allen, Nick (8 December 2007).
308:Following a change in Panama's
1934:Lawson, Mark (15 April 2022).
1851:. 2 December 2009. p. 13.
819:"DARWIN'S £1M PROPERTY EMPIRE"
763:"An unexpected anniversary..."
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1892:The Last Leg (3 June 2019).
1077:. Time / CNN. Archived from
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635:"The Mystery of John Darwin"
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27:2002–2008 British fraud case
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1843:"Novel no 2 for grandad".
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258:El Puerto de Santa María
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389:making false statements
18:Anne Darwin (fraudster)
2046:People from Hartlepool
188:on 21 March 2002, at
163:HM Prison Holme House
1905:– via YouTube.
1679:on 7 September 2008.
1207:on 13 December 2007.
495:Return from the Dead
448:HM Prison Low Newton
1695:The Daily Telegraph
1493:. 14 December 2007.
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1365:The Daily Telegraph
1252:The Daily Telegraph
1145:on 13 February 2008
1112:on 10 December 2007
1081:on 10 December 2007
1054:on 11 December 2007
710:. BBC. 23 July 2008
565:Saving Lives at Sea
283:, Panama, near the
2016:English fraudsters
1743:. 14 February 2012
1697:. 18 January 2011.
1594:. 5 September 2008
1411:. 6 December 2007.
1334:Guardian Unlimited
1308:Guardian Unlimited
1023:. 10 December 2007
693:. 8 December 2007.
530:Conservative Party
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470:In popular culture
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1923:. 4 October 2021.
1849:Northcliffe Media
1529:. 5 January 2018.
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1225:The Northern Echo
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831:. 9 December 2007
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