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High-Living Fugitive Brits Starved on Getaway Yacht

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(Newser) – A pair of British fraudsters who enjoyed a "champagne and cocaine lifestyle" spent their last days drinking sea water and urine on a stolen yacht, an inquest was told yesterday. The bodies of the couple, who stole a boat and became fugitives while awaiting trial for hoodwinking wealthy investors, were found aboard the vessel as it drifted off the coast of West Africa, the Times of London reports. Diary entries suggest they starved to death.

The inquest heard excerpts describing storm damage and a lack of provisions. "We have been bashed about for days," read one entry from the woman, 46. "Everything takes huge amounts of energy, having consumed no water yesterday. I am tired now and the light’s going."

The couple's bodies were found on the stolen yacht, which was drifting off the coast of Senegal.
The couple's bodies were found on the stolen yacht, which was drifting off the coast of Senegal.   (Shutter Stock)
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The lights are going out in my heart. We have not eaten for four weeks. I dream of my mum's steak and kidney pie, roast dinner, and sausage and mash.
- Diary entry from Sharon Arthurs-Chegini

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