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A British man faked a coma,
and was forced to keep up the ruse for two years before investigators
finally woke up to the fraudster’s lark. You have to hand it to South
Wales resident Alan Knight, who over two years ago allegedly bilked an
elderly gent out of $65,000. To avoid going to trial, Knight feigned an
accident and a resulting coma, and then was forced to maintain the wonky
subterfuge for years (while also illegally collecting benefits as a
supposed on-again, off-again comatose quadriplegic).
Writes The SpreadIt on Oct. 21: “Alan Knight was supposed to go to trial over two years ago after being charged with 19 counts of theft and forgery. But the 47-year-old man suddenly fell, snapped his neck as he was fixing the garage door and slipped into a coma. Well, that is what Knight and his wife, Helen, 33, made British police believe anyway.”
Knight’s wife also is up for an Oscar for her part in convincing everyone that her husband, incapable of talking or feeding himself, was simply unable to stand trial – literally – for his crimes. Knight was charged with stealing the huge sum from his 85-year-old neighbor over the course of three years. The wife of the imaginative con man said she spent all hours “caring” for her debilitated hubby at home, even rolling him into court in a wheelchair, where Knight undoubtedly worked very hard at not sneezing or glancing at his watch.
Knight got nabbed however when police, suspecting he was trying to dupe everyone, started staking out his home and hospital. Detectives said they have Knight on film eating, wiping his face, channel surfing, writing, pushing a shopping cart around, even going on holiday.
Detective Con Paul Harry, from South Wales Police, said, “In my entire career this is the most calculated, long-term deception of a vulnerable, elderly neighbor I have ever seen.” For this vegetative coma con’s hoax, he now faces 19 counts of theft and forgery, and one count of being a complete dolt.
Writes The SpreadIt on Oct. 21: “Alan Knight was supposed to go to trial over two years ago after being charged with 19 counts of theft and forgery. But the 47-year-old man suddenly fell, snapped his neck as he was fixing the garage door and slipped into a coma. Well, that is what Knight and his wife, Helen, 33, made British police believe anyway.”
Knight’s wife also is up for an Oscar for her part in convincing everyone that her husband, incapable of talking or feeding himself, was simply unable to stand trial – literally – for his crimes. Knight was charged with stealing the huge sum from his 85-year-old neighbor over the course of three years. The wife of the imaginative con man said she spent all hours “caring” for her debilitated hubby at home, even rolling him into court in a wheelchair, where Knight undoubtedly worked very hard at not sneezing or glancing at his watch.
Knight got nabbed however when police, suspecting he was trying to dupe everyone, started staking out his home and hospital. Detectives said they have Knight on film eating, wiping his face, channel surfing, writing, pushing a shopping cart around, even going on holiday.
Detective Con Paul Harry, from South Wales Police, said, “In my entire career this is the most calculated, long-term deception of a vulnerable, elderly neighbor I have ever seen.” For this vegetative coma con’s hoax, he now faces 19 counts of theft and forgery, and one count of being a complete dolt.
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