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Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin cried and begged his wife to let him come home after faking his death, Teesside Crown Court has heard.Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin cried and begged his wife to let him come home after faking his death, Teesside Crown Court has heard.
But Anne Darwin, 56, told detectives investigating her role in a £250,000 fraud that she was minded to leave him where he was hiding.But Anne Darwin, 56, told detectives investigating her role in a £250,000 fraud that she was minded to leave him where he was hiding.
Mrs Darwin denies charges of financial and property deception.Mrs Darwin denies charges of financial and property deception.
Her husband vanished after his canoe was found in the sea close to his home at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, in 2002.Her husband vanished after his canoe was found in the sea close to his home at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, in 2002.
The jury was read transcripts of interviews between Mrs Darwin and police which were taken after Mr Darwin's reappearance and the couple's subsequent arrest last year.
She told officers that her husband had pleaded to come home from his hiding place within weeks of his disappearance and how finally she relented.
The transcript read: "I still had family staying with me. He was finding it hard. He was getting desperate.
"He phoned me and gave me directions to where he was.
"I wanted to leave him there. I didn't want to go and pick him up, but I couldn't leave him.
"At one point, he was literally crying on the telephone.
"I couldn't see him hurt."