Fake death canoeist launches appeal

Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin has launched a bid to appeal against his sentence, his solicitor said.

The 58-year-old was jailed in July at Teesside Crown Court for six years and three months after admitting faking his own death in a canoeing accident to allow his wife Anne make fraudulent insurance and pension claims.

His solicitor, John Nixon, said he had made an application to the Court of Appeal for the right to challenge the sentence.

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