Canoe con wife in court over cash.THE wife of back-from the- dead canoeist John Darwin John Haddrick Darwin (born 17 December 1923) was Government Statistician[1] of New Zealand from 1980-1984 and a member of the 1985-86 Royal Commission on the Electoral System. was in court again yesterday as legal moves began to claw back claw back Verb 1. to get back (something) with difficulty 2. to recover (a part of a grant or allowance) in the form of a tax or financial penalty the hundreds of thousands of pounds the couple swindled out of financial institutions. Anne Darwin, 56, was jailed for six and a half years in July for fraud and money laundering The process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. . She was in court for a Proceeds of Crime Application. The hearing at Newcastle Crown Court was closed to the press and public. It was understood the hearing was arranged to set out a timetable to recover the money, and she will be back in court at a later date. The couple convinced the police, a coroner, financial institutions and even their two sons Mark and Anthony that Mr Darwin had drowned in the North Sea in 2002. CAPTION(S): John Darwin |
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