In a tale of he said, she said, Anne Darwin told police her husband faked his death to dodge debt; he says that by the time he found his way home, she had spent the life insurance money, and they they couldn't afford to pay it back. Regardless of how it happened, the 'canoe man' has been very much alive - with his wife's knowledge - since his 2002 disappearance.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 22:36:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33159/canoe-con-man-wife-get-6-years-for-fake-death.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn Darwin didn’t force his wife to help fake his death, a jury ruled today, convicting Anne Darwin on 15 counts of deception and money laundering before the two were each sentenced to 6 years in prison for their $500,000 insurance scheme. Anne’s “marital coercion” defense, which posited that the “canoe man” had been a domineering bully, fell apart when the prosecution showed the couple’s loving and flirtatious emails.http://www.newser.com/story/33159/canoe-con-man-wife-get-6-years-for-fake-death.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 23 Jul 2008 8:17:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/13890/wife-of-dead-canoeist-behind-bars.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin was sent to prison yesterday shortly after she issued a plea through her attorney for a reconciliation with her sons, who publicly disowned their parents after the scandal broke. Anne Darwin is charged with dishonestly obtaining life insurance benefits and a mortgage policy. Her husband is in jail facing similar charges.http://www.newser.com/story/13890/wife-of-dead-canoeist-behind-bars.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 12 Dec 2007 1:20:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13752/dead-canoeist-reappears-again-in-court.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe British man who faked his own death in a canoeing accident only to resurface 5 years later appeared in court today to face formal charges of fraudulently obtaining a life insurance policy and lying to procure a passport, the Telegraph reports. A hearing date of February 4 was set for John Darwin, who spoke only to confirm his identity.http://www.newser.com/story/13752/dead-canoeist-reappears-again-in-court.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 10 Dec 2007 13:34:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13673/uk-arrests-canoeists-wife.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn Darwin's wife was charged with fraud today upon her arrival at the UK's Manchester Airport, the BBC reports. Anne Darwin, the wife of the missing canoeist who turned up after being declared dead in 2002, was flying in from Atlanta, where she had sought refuge when her not-dead-after-all husband's ruse was discovered.http://www.newser.com/story/13673/uk-arrests-canoeists-wife.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 09 Dec 2007 10:44:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13630/uk-cops-charge-boater-with-fraud.html?refid=rss_all_defaultUK cops today charged John Darwin, the 57-year-old former teacher who allegedly faked his death in a 2002 canoeing incident, with two counts of fraud—acquiring a money transfer by fraud and lying to get a passport—the BBC reports. Darwin will remain in custody until a court appearance Monday; police have requested that his wife Anne, 55, believed to be in Miami, contact them "at the earliest opportunity."http://www.newser.com/story/13630/uk-cops-charge-boater-with-fraud.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 08 Dec 2007 19:15:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13602/darwins-were-planning-panama-canoe-resort.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe British man who faked his own death in a boating accident had been planning with his wife to open an eco-tourism resort offering idyllic canoeing holidays, the Times of London has discovered. John and Anne Darwin spent almost half a million dollars on property in Panama, including $390,000 on a swath of virgin forest on the banks of Lake Gatun, home to tapirs and toucans.http://www.newser.com/story/13602/darwins-were-planning-panama-canoe-resort.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 08 Dec 2007 19:15:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13477/dead-boaters-sons-set-to-disown-parents.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe two adult sons of John Darwin—the man who returned after being thought drowned five years ago—say they're furious with their parents and want nothing to do with them if John's disappearance was part of a plot between them. "How could our Mam continue to let us believe our Dad had died when he was very much alive," they asked in a statement.http://www.newser.com/story/13477/dead-boaters-sons-set-to-disown-parents.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 08 Dec 2007 19:15:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13422/wife-in-on-dead-boaters-insurance-plot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe wife of a British canoeist declared dead after missing for five years admitted yesterday that she knew her husband was alive before he walked into a police station last weekend claiming to be an amnesiac. Anne Darwin confessed when she was confronted with a photo of herself with her husband, John, in Panama last year, reports the Daily Mail .http://www.newser.com/story/13422/wife-in-on-dead-boaters-insurance-plot.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 08 Dec 2007 19:15:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13217/boater-appears-5-years-later-sans-memory.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA man who was presumed dead five years ago, when he failed to return from a canoeing trip, showed up in London today, the Daily Mail reports. John Darwin, 57 and able to remember only his name, walked into a police station saying: "I think I am a missing person." Oddly enough, Darwin’s wife sold the family home and emigrated to Panama only four weeks ago.http://www.newser.com/story/13217/boater-appears-5-years-later-sans-memory.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 08 Dec 2007 19:16:09 CST