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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Jeremy Armstrong & Liam Buckler

Canoe man John Darwin played own son in computer game while he was supposed to be dead

Canoe man John Darwin was addicted to fake identities during five years as a ‘dead’ man - and used one to play his own sons in a computer game.

The Mirror has today told of the cruel deception of Anthony, 34, and Mark Darwin, 37, by their parents.

They both thought he was dead after Darwin went ‘missing’ at sea in March, 2002, an unthinkable lie perpetuated by their mother Anne.

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