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| John Darwin remanded in custody | John Darwin remanded in custody |
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| A man presumed dead in a canoeing accident has been remanded in custody at Hartlepool Magistrates court. | |
| John Darwin, 57, is accused of obtaining life insurance cash by deception and making an untrue statement to get a passport. | John Darwin, 57, is accused of obtaining life insurance cash by deception and making an untrue statement to get a passport. |
| He replied "correct" when asked to confirm his name. | He replied "correct" when asked to confirm his name. |
| No pleas were made and no application for bail was made. Mr Darwin is now due to make another appearance in court via a videolink on Friday. | No pleas were made and no application for bail was made. Mr Darwin is now due to make another appearance in court via a videolink on Friday. |
| Mr Darwin was arrested at his son's house in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Tuesday. | |
| His court appearance comes as police prepare to question Mr Darwin's wife, Anne, 55, who was arrested on suspicion of fraud after returning to the UK on Sunday. | |
| She recently moved to Panama after selling the couple's Teesside home. | |
| Mrs Darwin, who was arrested at Manchester Airport, was taken to Hartlepool police station, where she was to undergo a medical examination before being questioned by detectives. | |
| It had been thought the former prison officer had died at sea after the remains of his canoe were found on a beach in Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool, Teesside, in March 2002. | |
| But he turned up at a north London police station on 1 December, claiming he could not remember what had happened to him. |