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Viewers from all over the country will be sitting down tonight to catch the latest episode of The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe. The four-part drama tells the real-life story of John and Anne Darwin who attempted to grab £250,000 in life insurance after faking John's death.
Shortly after what is now known as the 'canoe accident', Anne reported her husband missing. After emergency services carried out an extensive investigation, John was legally declared dead.
In reality, the former prison officer went into hiding and was staying next door to the family home the whole time.
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The couple carried out the plot in a desperate attempt to clear themselves of the huge amount of debt they had accumulated. Throughout this whole period of scheming and lying, John and Anne never told their sons what they were up to and left the two young lads to mourn the loss of their father who was actually still alive next door.
It didn't take long for the authorities to figure out John and Anne were lying and their scam soon came to light with John being sentenced to six years and three months in prison and Ann being sentenced to six years and six months. Amid all the controversy, many may be wondering where Mark and Anthony Darwin are now around 20 years after John's fake death.
Anthony was abroad in Canada with his wife when his dad disappeared. He has previously explained his feelings of betrayal after seeing the photo that exposed his parents. He said: "My initial reaction was that someone had stuck it together on Photoshop.
"The following day I read about it in the paper. I felt upset, betrayed, I don’t know. I had no
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