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From ordinary housewife to Canoe Widow Panama and prison

After years of remaining silent Anne Darwin finally reveals the truth behind the crime that tore her family apart

When Anne Darwin told the world and her family that her husband John had disappeared while canoeing in the North Sea her life changed forever

She had just lied to the police the press her friends and neighbours insurance companies and her own sons

While her husband hid in a bedsit in their rental house next door Anne had to face the music She claimed the life insurance payouts endured the police questioning accepted the consolations and left the country she loved to start her life again

But why when she had been perfectly happy with her lifestyle knowing her actions would hurt those she held most dear did she do it

Now for the first time Anne opens up about an extraordinary chain of events how she became involved in her husbands harebrained scheme her life and marriage her harrowing time behind bars and the runaway train of deceit and guilt that followed her plan to defraud insurance companies with the aid of a canoe

Anne Darwin has done much to repair her relationship with her two sons and is now a big part of their lives and the lives of her four grandchildren She works for an animal charity and lives alone in York Her coauthor is David Leigh an awardwinning journalist who developed a remarkable relationship with Anne after uncovering her crime in Panama He won the London Press Clubs Scoop Of The Year Award and the National Association of Press Agencies news story of the year for his reporting on John Darwin Canoe Man