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| Canoe wife charged with deception | Canoe wife charged with deception |
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| The wife of "missing" canoeist John Darwin has been charged with two counts of deception. | The wife of "missing" canoeist John Darwin has been charged with two counts of deception. |
| Anne Darwin, 55, is due in court in Hartlepool, Teesside, on Tuesday. | Anne Darwin, 55, is due in court in Hartlepool, Teesside, on Tuesday. |
| She is accused of dishonestly obtaining £25,000 in life insurance and a further sum of £137,000, both by money transfer in 2003, Cleveland Police said. | She is accused of dishonestly obtaining £25,000 in life insurance and a further sum of £137,000, both by money transfer in 2003, Cleveland Police said. |
| Mrs Darwin was arrested on Sunday after returning to the UK from Panama. Mr Darwin, 57, has been charged with two offences and remanded in custody. | Mrs Darwin was arrested on Sunday after returning to the UK from Panama. Mr Darwin, 57, has been charged with two offences and remanded in custody. |
| The first charge he faces is that he fraudulently obtained £25,000 from Unat Direct Insurance Management Limited by deception, by falsely representing that he had been killed in an accident. | The first charge he faces is that he fraudulently obtained £25,000 from Unat Direct Insurance Management Limited by deception, by falsely representing that he had been killed in an accident. |
| Presumed drowned | Presumed drowned |
| His second charge relates to making statements known to be untrue to obtain a passport. | His second charge relates to making statements known to be untrue to obtain a passport. |
| Mr Darwin, a former prison officer, went missing in March 2002 and was presumed to have drowned at sea at Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool. | Mr Darwin, a former prison officer, went missing in March 2002 and was presumed to have drowned at sea at Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool. |
| Cleveland Police have released this photograph of John Darwin | |
| But he walked into a London police station on 1 December, saying he could not remember what had happened to him. | But he walked into a London police station on 1 December, saying he could not remember what had happened to him. |
| Earlier on Monday, Cleveland Police released a new photograph of Mr Darwin, which they believe may show him during the five years that he was missing. | |
| The picture was taken from a bogus travel document Mr Darwin had allegedly used in the name of "John Jones", police said. | |
| Mrs Darwin was arrested at Manchester Airport on Sunday. | |
| She had moved to Panama after selling the family home in Seaton Carew. | She had moved to Panama after selling the family home in Seaton Carew. |
| A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said the force would apply for her to be remanded in custody at Tuesday's court hearing. | |
| Mr and Mrs Darwin have two sons, Anthony and Mark, and Det Supt Tony Hutchinson told a press conference there was nothing to suggest they were anything other than "victims". | |
| "I feel dreadfully, dreadfully sorry for them," he said. |