Missing canoeist's wife 'coerced' to stay quiet

The trial of the wife of a British man who faked his death in order to reap life insurance payments is really getting fascinating. The woman lied to her sons and told them their father was dead, and then tried to go to South America to join her husband. Now the wife is...

Back-from-the-dead canoeist pleads guilty to fraud

John Darwin, the canoeist who "came back from the dead" five years after he was believed drowned, has pleaded guilty to seven fraud charges. " At a hearing at Leeds Crown Court, Mr Darwin, 57, denied nine other charges of using criminal property, while his wife Anne, 55,...

'Dead' canoeist to be charged

"Police are to charge 'dead' canoeist, a week after he resurfaced claiming to have forgotten everything since vanishing five years ago. Cleveland Police in northeastern England, where the 57-year-old has been questioned since his arrest last week, made the decision hours...

Canoeist resurfaces five years on

"A canoeist who went missing, presumed drowned, more than five years ago, has walked into a London police station"