https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/canoe-fraudster-john-darwin-banned-7188815
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/canoe-fraudster-john-darwin-banned-7188815
Then again, the article was published in The Mirror, a notorious rag, which is well-known for its inaccuracies and "regrettable errors" in reporting stories for the sake of circulstion. Maybe this story should be taken with a huge pinch of sodium chloride...