John Darwin (civil servant)

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British civil servant fraudster human

John Darwin is a British former civil servant infamous for faking his own death in a canoeing accident in 2002 as part of an insurance fraud scheme.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British civil servant → fraudster → human →
coConspirator	Anne Darwin →
convictedOf	fraud → money laundering →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
criminalPenalty	6 years and 3 months imprisonment →
dateOfBirth	1950-08-14 →
dateOfConviction	2008-07 →
dateOfDisappearance	2002-03-21 →
educatedAt	St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool →
fledTo	Panama →
hasChild	Anthony Darwin → Mark Darwin →
insurancePayoutTarget	life insurance policies → pension funds →
laterResidence	Philippines →
mediaNickname	canoe man →
methodOfDisappearance	staged canoeing accident →
motive	debt problems → insurance fraud →
notableFor	faking his own death in a canoeing accident → insurance fraud →
occupation	civil servant → prison officer → teacher →
placeOfBirth	County Durham → England → Hartlepool →
placeOfConviction	Teesside Crown Court →
placeOfDisappearance	Seaton Carew →
portrayedBy	Eddie Marsan →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Hartlepool → Seaton Carew →
sexOrGender	male →
significantEvent	disappeared in a canoeing incident → faked his own death → reappeared at a London police station in 2007 →
spouse	Anne Darwin →
subjectOf	BBC drama "The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe" →
usedAlias	John Jones →
workedAs	prison officer at HM Prison Holme House → science teacher →
yearOfReleaseFromPrison	2011 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Darwin →	hasNotableBearer