Police began to sift through the financial assets of John and Anne Darwin today to recover the money the couple defrauded in their £250,000 (€317,976) canoe death scam.

"Back-from-the-dead" canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne were each jailed for more than six years today for carrying out a £250,000 (€316,795) con by faking his death in a canoeing accident.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was convicted today for her role in their £250,000 (€316,795) swindle.

A jury was sent out to consider its verdicts today in the £250,000 (€315,000) fraud trial of Anne Darwin, the wife of the back-from-the-dead canoeist.

The jury in the trial of Anne Darwin – wife of back-from-the-dead British canoeist John - is due to retire to consider its verdicts later today.

THE wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was accused yesterday of lying to make the facts fit her complex defence against £250,000 (€319,000) fraud charges and to “save her skin”.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was making a “last-ditch” attempt to escape justice for her part in a £250,000 (€315,150) scam, a court heard today.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin entered the witness box today at her trial for a £250,000 (€315,000) insurance fraud.

The best friend of Anne Darwin spoke today of how she was betrayed by the wife of the back-from-the-dead canoeist.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin told police he cried and begged her to let him come home after he staged his death, a court heard today.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin “lied at length” to cover up her part in a £250,000 (€314,193) insurance con, a court heard today.

THE wife of the back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin used “guile, convincing pretence, persistence and guts” to trick people her husband had drowned and pull off a £250,000 (€313,335) con, a court heard yesterday.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin played her role in defrauding £250,000 (€313,314) with “superb aplomb”, a court in the UK heard today.

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

Police were today investigating claims that back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin stole the identity of a dead month-old boy to get a false passport.

The wife of the back-from-the-dead canoeist was remanded in custody today when she appeared in court in the UK accused of two deception offences totalling more than £160,000.

The wife of the back-from-the-dead canoeist will appear before magistrates in the UK today charged with two deception offences.

The two sons of John and Anne Darwin are being treated as victims and are not suspects, police in the UK said 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.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin has said he was living in their family home for three years after he was declared dead.

POLICE were last night awaiting the return of the wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin as they continued to question him over his disappearance five-and-a-half years ago.

The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was on her way back to the UK tonight to face the music and beg her sons’ forgiveness after they severed contact with their parents.

The wife of a man who went missing in 2003 was under intense scrutiny today as she expressed her disbelief that a picture of the couple from last year had surfaced.