A man tried to copy John Darwin's 'canoe stunt' - after faking his death in Honduras.
The scheming real life story of John and Anne Darwin's fraudulent claim on his life insurance by faking his death using a canoe has been brought back to prominence with new ITV drama, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe.
And with the new drama now on screens, the story of a 'copycat' - a man named Anthony McErlean - has surfaced, as he claimed he had been killed by a cabbage truck in a huge dramatic ploy to claim £520,000 on his insurance.
