Posted on 24/07/08
British couple jailed in insurance-scam case
London -- A British judge sentenced both a husband and wife to more than six years in jail yesterday for faking the man's drowning death in a $500,000 (U.S.) insurance scam. Anne Darwin, 56, was jailed for 6½ years after a jury found her guilty earlier yesterday of six counts of fraud and nine counts of money laundering. Her husband John Darwin, 57, received six years and three months - a slightly lesser sentence because he had pleaded guilty.
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