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| 'Missing' man charged by police | 'Missing' man charged by police |
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| Police have charged a canoeist, who was presumed drowned in 2002 but reappeared this month, with two offences. | |
| John Darwin, 57, vanished from the Hartlepool area in March 2002, but walked into a police station on 1 December, claiming amnesia. | John Darwin, 57, vanished from the Hartlepool area in March 2002, but walked into a police station on 1 December, claiming amnesia. |
| He was charged with obtaining a money transfer by deception and making an untrue statement to obtain a passport. | He was charged with obtaining a money transfer by deception and making an untrue statement to obtain a passport. |
| Cleveland police said he will remain in custody until he appears at Hartlepool Magistrates' Court on Monday. | Cleveland police said he will remain in custody until he appears at Hartlepool Magistrates' Court on Monday. |
| Appeal to wife | |
| Mr Darwin was declared dead by the Hartlepool coroner in 2003. | Mr Darwin was declared dead by the Hartlepool coroner in 2003. |
| Detective Sergeant Iain Henderson said Mr Darwin was "fit and well" in custody on Saturday night. | |
| He said police would apply to the court to continue to hold Mr Darwin. | |
| Police also want to speak to his wife Anne, 55. | Police also want to speak to his wife Anne, 55. |
| Det Sgt Henderson added that the investigation was continuing, but there were no plans to interview Mrs Darwin, and he did not know when she intends to return to the UK. | |
| Speaking at a press conference, he said: "If Mrs Darwin is watching this we would urge her to approach us at the earliest opportunity." | |
| The couple were photographed in Panama last year | |
| Mrs Darwin recently moved to Panama, having sold the family home in Seaton Carew. A photo showed the couple together in Panama last year, but has not been independently verified by the BBC. | |
| She is currently thought to be in Miami but is expected to return to the UK this weekend. | |
| Their sons Anthony and Mark earlier released a statement, saying they had been through a "rollercoaster of emotions" after finding out their father was alive. |