Mark Lawson: The Panama mystery
Mr and Mrs Canoe's case fascinates but can't match crime fiction's satisfying motives and denouementIn a world with cameras on every corner, who would think that a man could disappear by growing a...
View ArticleCanoe couple to get legal aid in bid to keep stolen cash
John and Anne Darwin, jailed this week for an elaborate fraud in which they pretended he had vanished while canoeing, are to receive legal aid to fight efforts to recover their illicit gains, officials...
View ArticleCanoe man John Darwin fights fraud sentence
Court of appeal to consider right to challenge six-year jail termThe back from the dead canoeist John Darwin has begun an appeal against his prison sentence, his solicitor said today.The 58-year-old...
View ArticleCanoe wife Anne Darwin returns to court
Wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin appears at closed hearing on application to recover couple's criminal gainsAnne Darwin, the wife of the back-from-the-dead canoeist, returned to court...
View ArticleCanoe-man wife Anne Darwin appeals against jail term
Date expected soon for hearing on sentence for helping John Darwin fake drowning to get £250,000 insuranceThe wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who faked his own death, will try to have her jail...
View ArticleCanoe man John Darwin smuggles memoir out of jail
Debt-laden fraudster who faked own death for insurance and fled to Panama writes of 'Eureka moment' behind scamJohn Darwin, the canoeist who faked his own death, has revealed details of his scam in a...
View ArticleCanoe couple offer to repay nearly £600,000
John Darwin, who faked death at sea, and wife Anne to meet bill after vigorous pursuit by Crown Prosecution ServiceThe "phantom canoeist", John Darwin, and his wife, Anne, who are serving six-year jail...
View ArticleJohn Darwin, the 'canoe man' who faked death, released from jail
'Canoe man' John Darwin released from Moorland prison after serving half of his six year sentenceJohn Darwin, the former prison officer who faked his own death in a canoe accident to claim £250,000 in...
View ArticleAnne Darwin released after serving time for canoe disappearance fraud
Wife of John Darwin freed after serving almost half of her sentence for fraud and money launderingAnne Darwin, the wife of the canoeist who faked his death, has been released from jail.Darwin was...
View ArticleHartlepool hosts the UK's first Freeride jet ski contest
Water acrobats bounce around on the stretch of sea where John Darwin faked his canoe disappearanceTeesside has found itself an unlikely-sounding new visitor attraction – the UK's first annual...
View ArticleCanoe man prosecutors recover £500,000 from wife
CPS says it has recovered £501,641.39 from assets Anne Darwin held after husband John faked his own deathProsecutors have recovered more than half a million pounds in assets from Anne Darwin, whose...
View ArticleSky News admits hacking emails of 'canoe man'
Broadcaster says accessing of emails of John Darwin, who faked own death, was authorised by executives and in public interestSky News has admitted that one of its senior executives authorised a...
View ArticleClarification of the 'public interest' defence is badly needed
Where should the line be drawn? If it is OK to hack John Darwin's emails, can news media intercept emails of anyone facing trial?Sky News's decision to approve the hacking of emails belonging to John...
View ArticleOfcom to investigate Sky News over 'canoe man' email hacking
Media regulator Ofcom to investigate whether Sky News broke broadcasting rules in using hacked emails for John Darwin storyOfcom is to launch an investigation into a Sky News journalist's hacking of...
View ArticleSky News reporter cleared over canoe man email hacking
CPS says Sky's Gerard Tubb obtaining emails of John Darwin was in public interest and with a view to reveal criminal offenceSky News correspondent Gerard Tubb will not face prosecution for hacking the...
View ArticleMark Lawson: The Panama mystery
Mr and Mrs Canoe's case fascinates but can't match crime fiction's satisfying motives and denouementIn a world with cameras on every corner, who would think that a man could disappear by growing a...
View ArticleCanoe couple to get legal aid in bid to keep stolen cash
John and Anne Darwin, jailed this week for an elaborate fraud in which they pretended he had vanished while canoeing, are to receive legal aid to fight efforts to recover their illicit gains, officials...
View ArticleCanoe man John Darwin fights fraud sentence
Court of appeal to consider right to challenge six-year jail termThe back from the dead canoeist John Darwin has begun an appeal against his prison sentence, his solicitor said today.The 58-year-old...
View ArticleCanoe wife Anne Darwin returns to court
Wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin appears at closed hearing on application to recover couple's criminal gainsAnne Darwin, the wife of the back-from-the-dead canoeist, returned to court...
View ArticleCanoe-man wife Anne Darwin appeals against jail term
Date expected soon for hearing on sentence for helping John Darwin fake drowning to get £250,000 insuranceThe wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who faked his own death, will try to have her jail...
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