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Canoe man�s wife agrees to pay back �600,000... but he can only offer �1

11.11.09

Video: Wife of the canoe 'death' conman today agreed to repay almost �600,000 she made from the elaborate scam she staged with her husband while he has offered just �1... more

John Darwin: I escaped police with an hour to spare

19.08.09

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin reveals how he was almost caught by police at home, but escaped with an hour to spare... more

Faking death at sea nearly killed me, says Mr Canoe

18.08.09

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin almost drowned on the night he faked his own death, he claims in his prison memoirs... more

Canoe man�s diary reveals moment he decided to vanish

17.08.09

Back from the dead canoeist John Darwin has spoken of the 'eureka' moment he realised he could fake his own death... more

�Canoe man� Darwin and wife may keep �500,000 payout from his faked death

20.07.09

�Canoe man� John Darwin and his wife Anne may not be forced to pay back �500,000 they made from faking his death because they invested it in property in Panama... more

Caution key for Candys as super-flats scene changes

10.10.08

Christian Candy, 35, and his brother Nick, 33, have had quite a week. ... more

Canoe wife goes to jail - for longer than her 'dead' husband

23.07.08

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was jailed this afternoon for six and a half years - three months more than her husband... more

Canoe wife 'wanted to keep family together' with lies

18.07.08

Anne Darwin claimed she had no idea she was breaking the law by pretending her husband was dead to claim insurance money... more

Tears of canoe man's wife

17.07.08

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin told a jury how she wished he had drowned... more

Canoe wife: I wanted to tell sons but he wouldn't let me

16.07.08

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin claimed that she wanted to tell her sons he was alive but that her husband would not let her... more

'Our mother lied for years'

15.07.08

The sons of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin told a court of their anger at being "betrayed" by their mother... more

Canoe wife 'lied with aplomb over faked death'

14.07.08

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin cruelly lied to her sons to ensure she pulled off a £250,000 fraud, a court heard ... more

City watchdog fines AIG arm

21.05.08

The insurer that paid out to the wife of "back from the dead" canoeist John Darwin has been fined £640,000 by the City watchdog for failures in its due diligence... more

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