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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 and was presumed drowned more than five years ago has walked into a London police station.

AS Scots Marc Warren and Peter Whitefield battled in a three hole play-off at the inaugural Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge in Killarney, the 38-strong Irish contingent were left to reflect on largely disappointing performances.

CLANCY BOWE of Tramore is one of eight young players added to the British & Irish Walker Cup elite squad preparing for the defence of the trophy against the USA at Ganton, Yorkshire, on September 6-7.

Six men arrested in an anti-terrorism swoop in north-east England have been released without charge by police.

Three men arrested in an anti-terrorism swoop in north-east England were released without charge tonight, police said.

British anti-terrorism detectives questioning six men arrested in North East England have been granted more time to hold the suspects.

Disgraced ex-minister Peter Mandelson should quit as MP in the wake of the passport scandal, according to an independent poll in his constituency.