The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe: Where are John and Anne Darwin now?

As unbelievable because it was, John and Anne acquired away with their ruse for a short time (Image: PA Wire)

Some individuals could keep in mind the unbelievable true story of John and Anne Darwin, when the information broke within the papers that a man who had gone lacking a number of years beforehand whereas out on his canoe had truly faked his personal dying.

Nevertheless, for others, the story of The Thief, His Spouse and The Canoe – starring Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan within the forged on ITV – could also be a fully new and bonkers revelation.

Within the early 2000s, the couple had been in such extreme debt, that the true John, who labored as a jail officer, determined to fake that he had disappeared at sea in order that he and Anne may declare again life insurance coverage cash.

Not solely was the rip-off far-reaching, with Anne having to persuade her personal sons that their father was gone, however it truly appeared to work for a number of years.

That's, till an incriminating picture of John and Anne taken at a property agent’s workplace in Panama was found on the web, with the image taken 4 years after John’s supposed dying.

John determined to go again to the UK to attempt to persuade everybody that he’d had amnesia for the previous 5 years.

Within the ITV drama, Monica’s Anne regularly seems conflicted by the lie she is part of (Image: ITV)

Even that lie did show to be convincing for a short time… however in the long run, the couple had been came upon, their lies uncovered and their crimes punished.

The place are John and Anne Darwin now?

Whereas John and Anne had been imprisoned for his or her crimes, they've each since been launched from jail.

As one would anticipate, once they skilled freedom as soon as extra, their lives didn't revert again to how they had been earlier than.

In 2008, each of them had been discovered responsible of fraud, receiving jail sentences of virtually equal size – John being sentenced to 6 years and three months within the clink and Anne six years and 6 months.

The picture on the property agent’s workplace, faithfully recreated by Eddie and Monica, performed a major half within the couple’s downfall (Image: PA/Rex)

Three years later, they had been launched, with John popping out in January 2011 and Anne two months later.

The couple had been married for 35 years by the point they had been arrested and convicted, having tied the knot in December 1973.

Nevertheless, it was the tip of the highway for his or her relationship when the pair divorced shortly afterwards.

Sons Mark and Anthony Darwin, performed by Mark Stanley and Dominic Applewhite, had been left satisfied that their dad was lifeless (Image: PA)

John has since remarried, exchanging his vows along with his second spouse in 2015.

He and his partner – who's greater than 20 years youthful than him – stay collectively in Manila, the Philippines, the place they work at a market stall.

Anne, in the meantime, lives within the north of England and is retired.

Most significantly, she was capable of reconcile along with her two sons, who beforehand denounced each her and John in a public assertion, once they instructed the media that they wished no additional contact with their dad and mom after being duped into believing their father was lifeless.

Not solely is Anne part of their lives, however she can be part of the lives of her grandchildren after her sons resumed contact along with her.