John Darwin, back-from-the-dead canoeist, pleads guilty to fraud
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John Darwin, the canoeist who walked into a London police station five years after faking his own death, today pleaded guilty to seven charges of obtaining cash by deception and a passport offence. (article 5)
At a hearing at Leeds Crown Court, Mr Darwin denied nine other charges of using criminal property, while his wife Anne pleaded not guilty to six deception charges and nine of using criminal property. (article 5)
The pair are accused of fraudulently obtaining almost $250,000 during the course of a five-year charade which began when Mr Darwin took his canoe out to sea opposite his home in Seaton Carew in March 2002. (article 5)
Reported missing by his wife, rescue services launched a massive air-sea search and discovered his wrecked canoe but no sign of his body. (article 5)
Ms Fakorede East London, is accused of submitting 39 false claims for tax credits on forms and via the internet. (article 9)
The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin played a "vital role" in defrauding $250,000 after his disappearance, a court has heard. (article 2)
Andrew Robertson QC, prosecuting, told the jury a financial crisis motivated the couple to stage Mr Darwin's death and then claim insurance and pension money. (article 1)
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Darwin, deception, Evolution, Panama, Robertson |
Source articles
- Police 'taken in' by canoe wife (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 600 words)
- Canoe man's wife had 'vital role' (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 419 words)
- Canoe sons' anger at 'betrayal' (BBC News, 07/15/2008, 583 words)
- Canoe wife 'acted out emotions' (BBC News, 07/15/2008, 506 words)
- John Darwin, back-from-the-dead canoeist, pleads guilty to fraud (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 725 words)
- John Darwin was driven by wealth, jury told (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 324 words)
- Evolution and Its Discontents (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 285 words)
- Evolution and Its Discontents (Washington Post, 07/15/2008, 1127 words)
- UK Crime News (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 481 words)
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