Canoeist's wife arrested in UK

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Cleveland Police said she was held at Manchester Airport after flying in on Delta at 9am from Atlanta. A spokeswoman said she would be escorted back to the North East later.

A Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said: "At approximately 9.25am on December 9, 2007, Greater Manchester Police arrested a 55-year-old woman in connection with allegations of fraud as part of an investigation being headed by police in Cleveland. The woman will be detained at Manchester Airport and then taken away by Cleveland Police to be questioned."

Armed police boarded her flight after it landed, according to the Daily Mail website. It reported she had flown in after agreeing to return to Britain to face questioning about the case.

It said: "The Manchester Airport Police boarded the flight before passengers had got off and arrested her."

Cleveland Police charged Mr Darwin on Saturday night with making an untrue statement to procure a passport and obtaining a money transfer by deception in relation to a life insurance policy. Mr Darwin will appear in court on Monday.

He remains in police custody and Detective Sergeant Iain Henderson, of Cleveland Police, said an application would be made at Hartlepool magistrates' court on Monday to remand him in custody.

Det Sgt Henderson could not say if there would be more charges. He also said he could not disclose whether the investigation would be extended to look at members of the Darwin family.

Mr Darwin was arrested on Tuesday at his son's house in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on suspicion of fraud and was then taken to the North East for questioning.

He disappeared from his home in Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool, in March 2002 and was presumed drowned after his wrecked canoe was found. But last Saturday he walked into a London police station, saying he had amnesia.