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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Seamus Duff

John Darwin’s fake death scam TV creator begs people to stop blaming wife

The creator of a new TV show about convicted criminal couple John and Anne Darwin says the public need to be more forgiving of coerced wife Anne's crimes.

New ITV drama The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe tells the story of 71-year-old John and his wife Anne – with the pair played by Eddie Marsan and Monica Dolan respectively.

The Darwin’s shocked the UK in 2007 when they were arrested for fraud after John faked his death and Anne helped cover up the truth.

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