The bride is dressed in a gown of flowing silk and chiffon and holds a pretty bouquet. The groom is decked out in a blue suit with a silk tie and red rose in his lapel — a lovely romantic touch. He might look smarter than in his police mugshot, but he is unmistakably ‘back from the dead’ canoeist, John Darwin. Today, the Mail can reveal that Darwin, 64, has remarried following his divorce from his wife of 38 years, Anne. He wed Mercy May Avila, a Filipina woman in her 30s, on February 25. This week, it was reported that Darwin was planning to return to Panama, the country to which he fled after faking his death.The Darwins plotted to fake John's death to claim insurance money in 2002John, 64, lived for five years in a bedsit hiding in secret passagewaysBut a photo taken in Panama blew the couple's cover wide openHis new Filipina wife, Mercy May Avila, is in her 30s
Yet somehow he found the money to fly out to meet _ and he has clearly charmed her.