AN unemployed construction worker who microwaved his “favourite” hamster to death was jailed for nine weeks yesterday.

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne have been charged with additional counts of deception, Cleveland Police said tonight.

A man who walked into a police station five and a half years after he was feared drowned in a canoeing accident will appear in court today.

Anne Darwin, the wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin, has arrived back in Britain and been arrested, according to the Daily Mirror’s website.

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was charged tonight with making an untrue statement to procure a passport and obtaining a money transfer by deception in relation to a life insurance policy, police said.