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'Canoe man' appears in court (CNN com)
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“ A British man who suddenly reappeared five years after he was believed ( PRESENT PERFECT) to have drowned at sea is to appear in court Friday, while police are also seeking to question his wife who is reported to have left Panama.”
John Darwin, 57, will appear at Hartlepool Magistrates Court Friday morning where officers will seek a warrant for an extension to his detention, a police spokeswoman said.
British media reports said Mrs Darwin, 55, and her husband John had started (PRESENT PERFECT) a new life in Panama after he was thought to have died off the coast of northeastern England.
He was to be questioned by Cleveland police on suspicion of fraud and remained in custody Friday morning.
On Thursday, the couple's sons said they feared they may have been the victims of a "huge scam" carried out by their own parents.
Anne Darwin was tracked down (PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE) by reporters to her new Central American home in Panama City where she moved six weeks ago.
The British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror reported that Mrs. Darwin broke down in tears when she was shown (PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE) a photograph which appeared to show her posing with her husband in the Panamanian capital last year.
A spokesman for Cleveland Police told CNN Thursday that Darwin had undergone medical tests and had been deemed (PRES PERFECT PASSIVE) fit to be questioned. The questioning was expected to go ahead in the next few hours, police said.
Hutchinson said there had been (PRES PERFECT PASSIVE)one alleged sighting of Darwin in his home town in 2005.