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Anne Darwin – the wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin – has been released from jail in Britain, sources said today.

Lawyers for canoe death fraudster Anne Darwin today offered to repay £591,838 she made from the scam she staged with her husband John.

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin revealed how he was almost caught by police at home after faking his death, but escaped with an hour to spare.

Back-from-the-dead British canoeist John Darwin watched TV news of his “death” while holed up in a B&B, according to his memoir allegedly smuggled out of jail.

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin and his wife Anne today lost appeals against their jail sentences for a “sophisticated” £250,000 (€266,000) fraud they carried out by faking his death at sea.

Judges in the North may be given extra powers to probe mystery disappearances to guard against a repeat of the John Darwin missing canoeist fraud, it was revealed today.

The wife of back-from-the dead canoeist John Darwin has lodged an appeal against conviction and sentence, it emerged today.

"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.

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 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 British canoeist John Darwin was tonight facing a lengthy prison sentence after admitting a string of fraud charges totalling nearly £250,000 (€326,000).

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

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin will spend Christmas behind bars after being remanded in custody by magistrates today.

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 will appear before magistrates in the UK today charged with two deception offences.

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was today remanded in custody until December 14 accused of two deception offences.

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.

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin will be charged this afternoon, police said today.

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.

JOHN DARWIN is not the first person to go missing, feared dead, who has later appeared safe and well.

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.

Police are tonight 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 sons of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin today spoke of their “anger and confusion”.

The back-from-the-dead canoeist who reappeared five-years after vanishing, was arrested on suspicion of fraud, police in England said today.

Police in the UK have today arrested a canoeist who turned up alive five and a half years after he was feared drowned.

A CANOEIST who turned up after being missing for five years cannot remember anything since June 2000, his sons said yesterday.

A CANOEIST who went missing, presumed drowned, off the coast of England five years ago has turned up alive and well at a London police station, officers said yesterday.

A canoeist who went missing and was presumed drowned more than five years ago has walked into a London police station.