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Cleveland Police stressed that Mark, 32, and Anthony Darwin, 29, were still being treated as victims even though they had sought advice from solicitors.

Reports suggested that the move - only days after their parents were charged with fraud - was hampering the probe by detectives.

However, a police source played down the move.

They said: "Quite simply as far as we are concerned they are still witnesses, victims and from our point of view nothing has changed.

"They are entitled to seek legal advice before they speak to police and this is not slowing the police inquiry down one jot.

"Mark and Anthony are victims and they are not going to be able to help us in relation to the offences, but they are giving us useful background information about the events running up to the disappearance of their father."

The sons ended contact with their parents last week when it emerged that Mrs Darwin, 55, had known her husband John, 57, was alive.

In a statement, they said they were the victims of a scam and that they wanted nothing further to do with their mother and father.

At a press conference, Detective Superintendent Tony Hutchinson said the brothers had been duped in a "disgraceful fashion" but were not being treated as suspects.