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Back-from-the dead canoeist John Darwin is to appeal against his prison sentence for fraud. | Back-from-the dead canoeist John Darwin is to appeal against his prison sentence for fraud. |
Darwin was jailed for six years and three months after admitting faking his death in a canoeing accident and fraudulently claiming £250,000. | Darwin was jailed for six years and three months after admitting faking his death in a canoeing accident and fraudulently claiming £250,000. |
His lawyer said the 58-year-old was appealing against the sentence. | His lawyer said the 58-year-old was appealing against the sentence. |
Darwin's wife, Anne, has already lodged an appeal against her six-and-a-half year sentence for fraud and money laundering. | Darwin's wife, Anne, has already lodged an appeal against her six-and-a-half year sentence for fraud and money laundering. |
John Darwin vanished while canoeing in the sea off Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool, in 2002. | |
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He reappeared at a London police station in December last year claiming he had lost his memory. | |
But he and his wife were later convicted of the fraud, in which they tricked sons Mark and Anthony, friends, police and insurance companies into believing Mr Darwin had drowned. | |
The pair had hoped to start a new life in Panama after getting into debt. | |
Darwin's solicitor, John Nixon, said he had made an application to the Court of Appeal for the right to challenge the sentence. | |
Mr Nixon said: "An application will go before a single judge who will either grant leave to appeal or if that is refused, Mr Darwin will likely ask the full Court of Appeal for the right to be heard. | Mr Nixon said: "An application will go before a single judge who will either grant leave to appeal or if that is refused, Mr Darwin will likely ask the full Court of Appeal for the right to be heard. |
"It will happen on a date to be listed." | "It will happen on a date to be listed." |
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