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Canoe couple face further charges | Canoe couple face further charges |
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Canoeist John Darwin, who reappeared after being presumed dead, and his wife Anne, have been charged with further offences, police have said. | |
The couple have already been charged with dishonestly obtaining money transfer by deception and are due to face Hartlepool magistrates on Friday. | The couple have already been charged with dishonestly obtaining money transfer by deception and are due to face Hartlepool magistrates on Friday. |
They will now face the court on Wednesday to answer another, as yet undisclosed, deception charge. | They will now face the court on Wednesday to answer another, as yet undisclosed, deception charge. |
Mr Darwin walked into a police station after being presumed dead since 2002. | Mr Darwin walked into a police station after being presumed dead since 2002. |
He also faces a charge of making an untrue statement to procure a passport. | He also faces a charge of making an untrue statement to procure a passport. |
Declared dead | |
The 57-year-old disappeared from his home in March 2002 and was presumed drowned after his wrecked canoe was found. | |
The following year a coroner officially declared him dead. | |
Since her husband's disappearance Mrs Darwin has sold the family home in Seaton Carew and moved to Panama. | |
She was arrested at Manchester Airport when she flew back to England. | |
The couple's sons Mark, 32, and Anthony, 29, released a statement saying they wanted no more contact with their parents and police have said their sons are not suspects. |