Back-from-the-dead insurance fraudster committed for trial

Magistrates have ruled that John Darwin and his wife will go before the crown court.

The 57-year-old and his wife Anne, 55, of Seaton Carew, are jointlyaccused of six counts of obtaining money by deception, totalling nearly
£250,000.

Mr Darwin walked into a police station on 1 December 2007 after going missing from his Teesside home in March 2002.

In 2003, a coroner officially declared him dead… more…