When his mother emigrated to Panama to be with her husband, Anthony Darwin chose to keep a book of his father s that he later realised was printed in 2003, a year after his supposed death.
John Darwin has made a new life with a new wife in Manila after divorcing first wife Anne who taught herself IT in prison and is now set up near York with a job at the animal charity RSPCA.
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Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Mercy Mae Darwin (pictured in the Philippines), 48, says her husband is happy, healthy and just wants to be left alone to get on with his life.