Word: darwin
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...shining today on Hartlepool Bay in the Northeast of England, but it's a fair bet Anne Darwin was not remotely disposed to a day of water sports. For the second day this week, the 56-year-old woman is on trial for her alleged involvement in the celebrated disappearance and resurfacing of her husband, John Darwin, a.k.a. Canoeman. As the alleged accomplice to a monumental subterfuge, she faces five counts of obtaining money by deception and one of obtaining property by deception, all of which she denies. John has already pled guilty to seven similar charges and awaits sentencing...
...that bay, back in 2002, that John Darwin's canoe was found adrift close to his hometown of Seaton Carew, a resort once highly favored by the Victorians. A year later, when his body didn't turn up, he was officially declared dead. But in December 2007, Darwin walked into a central London police station claiming to be suffering from amnesia. Just days after his miraculous return, the errant canoeist was arrested on suspicion of fraud. And it turned out that in the meantime his wife had sold the family home, moved to Panama, and possessed assets totaling some...
...prosecution told the court that before Darwin disappeared, the couple faced mounting repayments on a $490,000 mortgage and other debts. That financial crisis, prosecutor Andrew Robertson told the jury, was what motivated the Darwins to stage John's death so Anne could claim insurance and pension money...
...prosecution claims that Anne Darwin had not only duped police officers, but her own children as well. "She put on a great act," Robertson said. "Because of the distress apparently being suffered by Mrs Darwin, a police officer was appointed as a family liaison officer for her. Such was the act she was able to perform, this seasoned police officer was completely taken in. Throughout the period he was dealing with her, she kept up the facade that she was genuinely grieving for the death of her husband...
...Bowling for Columbine,” filmmaker Michael Moore mentions how many Canadians don’t lock their doors, but fails to reveal that all the Canucks he interviewed were short-listed for Darwin Awards...