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Canoe fraudster John Darwin now living totally different life after faking own death

John is the subject of new ITV show The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe - and here's where he is now

Daily Record

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe viewers slam actors over 'insulting' accent fail

The new ITV drama about John Darwin, known as 'Canoe Man' after he faked his own death in 2002, aired on Easter Sunday. But viewers from Hartlepool, which is where the story unfolded, were baffled by the actors' attempts at their regional accent

Daily Mirror

Where is John Darwin now - canoe man living new life abroad with young wife

The 71-year-old fraudster faked his own death back in 2002 in a dishonest plot with ex-wife Anne Darwin, who played the grieving widow and helped him collect his £250,000 life insurance policy.

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ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe hits back after viewers spot 'insulting' problem

Viewers tuned in to watch the gripping new drama that depicts the real-life story of John and Anne Darwin

Manchester Evening News

Canoe man 'nearly spotted gardening' when he was pretending to be dead

John Darwin and his wife were handed more than six years behind bars for the fraud

Wales Online

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe review – an unforgettable tale of marital muppets

Why would you go along with your husband’s plan to fake his death and live behind a wardrobe? This droll, laughter-chasing dramatisation of a real-life insurance scam tries to explain it

The Guardian - UK

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe review: Did the story of the ‘Canoe Man’ really need to leave us this depressed?

The juxtaposition of a ludicrous crime with a gritty depiction of a manipulative, controlling relationship doesn’t work: it leaves both sides of that drama feeling oddly unsatisfying

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Canoe man John Darwin nearly blew own cover when seen gardening after faking death

John Darwin was so cocky about not being recognised in his disguise of a beard and a hat - while his sons mourned him, he would potter around in the garden

Daily Mirror

Canoe Man cop says John Darwin made one fatal error before claiming amnesia

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe was inspired by a book of the same name, co-written by Tony Hutchinson, a former Cleveland detective who investigated the Darwins

Daily Mirror

Inside life of 'Canoe Man' John Darwin's ex-wife - from fake death to pension scam

John Darwin faked his own death at sea in 2002 and hid in a secret room at home while wife Anne made a fortune in a life insurance and pension scam. Their story is told in a new TV drama

Daily Mirror

Death, fraud and canoes: how a mind-blowing insurance scam became an ITV drama

John Darwin pretended to die at sea – then spent years in a secret room in his house while his sons mourned. As The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe brings the caper to TV, its creator and star talk crime, coercion … and dentures

The Guardian - UK

ITV's The Thief, His Wife and Canoe first look leaves viewers making prediction on John Darwin drama

ITV have put out a teaser for much anticipated new drama The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe ahead of its debut

Chronicle Live

‘In France, I’d be a sex symbol’: Eddie Marsan on looks, lucky breaks and playing angry men

Over a bowl of chips in a local café, actor Eddie Marsan revels in his East End culture, and the challenges of finding a human side to aggressive male characters

The Guardian - UK

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: ITV drop teaser clip for death faker John Darwin drama

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe tells the tale of Hartlepool fraudsters Anne and John Darwin, who shocked the nation after faking his death to secure insurance money to pay off debts

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Wales Online

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: When is the ITV drama on TV?

There's finally a date for the long-teased real-life ITV drama

Chronicle Live

Canoe fraudster John Darwin spotted shopping in Philippines ahead of new ITV drama

John Darwin notoriously plotted with his first wife Anne to swindle nearly £700,000

Wales Online

Man who faked his own death in canoe spotted in Philippines ahead of ITV drama airing

John Darwin notoriously plotted with his first wife Anne to swindle nearly £700,000

Daily Mirror

'Canoe man' John Darwin almost killed himself for REAL in bid to fake his death

Fraudster John Darwin wrote his memoirs while in jail for a £500,000 life insurance fraud - he revealed he actually nearly did kill himself for real 'without meaning to' when he pretended to vanish in his kayak

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'Canoe Man' John Darwin 'on his way' to fight in Ukraine according to his wife

As as a new ITV drama based on the life of 71-year-old fraudster 'Canoe Man' John Darwin hits our screens, Mercy Mae Avila Darwin, 48, said his presence in Ukraine would be 'dangerous for the Russian when he shoot them'

Chronicle Live

One of John Darwin's sons sneaked onto set of new ITV show about canoe fraud couple 'in disguise'

The new ITV show is about the fake death fraud and is called The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe

Daily Mirror

John Darwin’s fake death scam TV creator begs people to stop blaming wife

John and Anne Darwin shocked the UK in 2007 when they were rumbled for faking his death in a £1 million pension and insurance scam as they tried to build a secret new life in Panama

Wales Online

TV drama of canoe couple's story hopes to bring theme of forgiveness

When John and Anne Darwin fooled the world, and their sons, into thinking he had died in the North Sea, it was one of the UK’s most shocking crimes

Irish Mirror

Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan reveal John Darwin's son sneaked onto set of new ITV show

Actors Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan have shared that the son of John Darwin appeared on set of new ITV show about his father while dressed in disguise

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