'Canoe man' John Darwin (right and inset, left), who faked his own death so he could claim a £500,000 life insurance payout, revealed he almost died staging his death in the North Sea off Co Durham.
Ex-teacher and prison officer faked death to collect £500,000 in life insurance. Darwin, now 71, turned up alive five years after it was thought he'd died canoeing. The Co Durham dad-of-two's own sons thought he had really died in the fake plot.
In a new memoir, Darwin reveals he almost perished while faking his own death: 'I could've been swept away and died. I had nearly done it without meaning to.'. Darwin and wife Anne, 69, divorced while both in prison after 38 years together. Earlier this week new wife Mercy, 48, said John is 'on his way' to fight in Ukraine
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