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UK Arrests Canoeist's Wife

Canoeist's spouse apprehended at UK airport

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Dec 9, 2007 1:29 PM CST
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(Newser) – John Darwin's wife was charged with fraud today upon her arrival at the UK's Manchester Airport, the BBC reports. Anne Darwin, the wife of the missing canoeist who turned up after being declared dead in 2002, was flying in from Atlanta, where she had sought refuge when her not-dead-after-all husband's ruse was discovered.

She agreed to return to the UK to face questioning after a photograph surfaced showing the couple in Panama together last year. John Darwin was arrested yesterday on accusations that he illegally obtained a passport and life insurance money; he's due in court tomorrow. "It's beyond satire," a family member told the Times.

Anne Darwin, bottom left, the wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who turned up after being presumed dead leaves the police station at Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, after being arrested on her return to the country from Panama. British police awaiting Anne Darwin's arrival on an...
Anne Darwin, bottom left, the wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who turned up after being presumed dead leaves the police station at Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, after...   (Associated Press)
John Darwin, 57,the back-from-the-dead canoeist, leaves the Magistrates Court in Hartlepool, England, Friday Dec. 7, 2007, after police were granted another 36 hours for further questioning. Darwin's disappearance five years ago is being investigated as part of a fraud inquiry, which also involves his wife Anne, who collected the...
John Darwin, 57,the back-from-the-dead canoeist, leaves the Magistrates Court in Hartlepool, England, Friday Dec. 7, 2007, after police were granted another 36 hours for further questioning. Darwin's...   (Associated Press)
Anne Darwin, left, the wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who turned up after being presumed dead leaves the police station at Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, after being arrested on her return to the country from Panama. British police awaiting Anne Darwin's arrival on an overnight...
Anne Darwin, left, the wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who turned up after being presumed dead leaves the police station at Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, after being...   (Associated Press)
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