Has anyone been watching this drama over the last three nights on ITV 9 pm?
I have been quite enjoying it. What a horrible, snidey little man he was, putting his family through so much grief all for his own greed.
Last episode tomorrow night.
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Its fascinating . Wondering how its going to end . I think the acting is good too .
Just started this yesterday, what a great actor Eddie Marsan is.
I also watched Official Secrets a British film drama about the shenanigans the Blair and Bush governments got up to to insure we went to war, an illegal war, with Iraq it was about Katharine Gun, a British intelligence specialist, who leaks a secret memo to the press in order to avoid the Iraq invasion by the US and her government. Some excellent acting by a bunch of our notable actors.
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I havenāt watched it the reality was bad enough the poor sons .
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Iām loving itā¦does anyone else like me think the wife cannot possibly be as innocent as she is portrayed? How could anyone tell their kids their dad was dead and watch their grief without confessing it wasnāt true
I agree the acting is brilliant
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Sounds like āToday in Parliamentā !!
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Mr F I watched official secrets last night it was excellent. I think Iāll watch it again .
It really had me glued to the sofa . Its quite shocking to be lied to so openly by Blairs government
Edited to add why do the British people just sit back and allow this to happen and then forget about it ?
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I have watched two episodes. The atmosphere of it, is very dull and drab but the actors are brilliant.
How on earth did no one recognise the husband when he came back to live next door?
I must admit when the police came to search the house I thought it a little unbelievable that they did not find the connecting doors?
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In real life she did go to prison for 6 years over this.
Iām with you Muddy.
Well, like all prisoners, she served half of that.
We werenāt particularly bothered about watching it but, having watched the 1st episode, we were hooked. I couldnāt believe what a snide little twerp of a man he was/still is. (Having divorced in prison, he went to the Philippines on his release where he married a Philippina. His 1st wife remains unmarried.)
And how short are peopleās memories? Iām thinking about all the hoohah about āPartygateā.
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I wonder how the two nice sons coped with this situation and if they see their mother now .
Funny what greed can make you do isnt it
They disowned her when she was convicted but have since reconciled and she sees her grandchildren
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Iām told hers is the voice-over
Yes, Marge and I watched this.
A very good short series.
Well I really enjoyed that . Who would have thought it . I wonder if the insurance money was ever reclaimed .
It was so well done wasnt itā¦ended up she got a longer sentence than him which surprised me.
It must be hard on them all though it being raked up again after all this time.I expect they would prefer it to just go away
Yes, the insurance money, plus the other false ādeathā claims Anne had made from pension funds and DSS, was repaid from the confiscation and sale of assets they had left in Panama.
Also, the āproceeds of crimeā rules meant the couple were ordered to repay any profits they had made as a result of the original fraud.
As they were on the brink of bankruptcy when John faked his death, I think the āproceeds of crimeā calculation included any extra profits they had made from the subsequent sale of their various UK properties, compared to what their value would have been at the time John faked his own death.
Most of this money was recovered by confiscating all the assets Anne Darwin had but that wasnāt enough to repay the whole amount owing.
I believe the amount Anne made fraudulent claims for was about Ā£250,000 but including any debts automatically cancelled by Johnās death and the other āprofits from crimeā, the court decided that Mr Darwin had benefited by a total of Ā£679,194.62. As all assets were put in his wifeās name after his faked death, he had no assets they could confiscate.
The court therefore made an order against him for Ā£1 allowing the CPS to amend the order should any assets, such as a pension, become available.
In 2014, when he was due to receive a private pension of Ā£40,000, this was confiscated by the Court in part payment of his debt.
The CPS reported then that a total of Ā£541,762.39 had been repaid by the couple and they had no personal assets left.
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