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Patrick Hill

UNCOVERED: Canoe man john darwin tracked down to aptly named wilcon store in philippines - The Untold Story

Out in the Philippines sunshine, a scruffy shopper loads goods into his car – from a store with a name that must have brought a smile to the face behind the mask.

This is notorious fraudster John Darwin who plotted with his first wife Anne to swindle nearly £700,000 – including life insurance and pensions – by faking his death in the North Sea in a canoe in 2002.

Now, 20 years on from an outrageous con-trick that made headlines around the world, 71-year-old Darwin does a spot of shopping at a store called WILCON.

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