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Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by hatux: 6:15pm On Oct 22, 2014
LONDON (AP) — He might have got away with it
if it hadn't been for his supermarket loyalty card.
A British fraudster who pretended to be
quadriplegic and sometimes comatose for two
years to avoid prosecution has been convicted
after police caught him on camera driving and
strolling around supermarkets.

Alan Knight of Swansea, Wales, stole more than
40,000 pounds ($64,000) from the bank account
of an elderly neighbor with Alzheimer's disease,
prosecutors said.
When police began investigating, the 47-year-old
Knight claimed to be quadriplegic and so sick he
sometimes fell into a coma. He checked himself
into a hospital to avoid court appearances, saying
he was having seizures.
The South Wales Evening Post reported
Wednesday that the suspect's wife, Helen Knight,
had written to the newspaper saying her husband
had obtained a doctor's letter certifying he was
"quadriplegic and in a comatose condition, bed-
bound at home" after a neck injury.
"We've been through absolute hell and we're still
going through hell," she wrote, according to the
newspaper.
Knight's deceit was uncovered when police
tracked the use of his supermarket card, and
produced surveillance camera footage of him
walking and driving.
Warned that the trial would go ahead whether he
was present or not, Knight arrived at Swansea
Crown Court Tuesday in a wheelchair and neck
brace. Faced with the video evidence, he pleaded
guilty to 19 counts of forgery, fraud and theft.
His wife has not been charged with any offense.
Judge Paul Thomas said Knight was "a very
accomplished and determined actor ... and the
conditions he claims to be suffering from are
simply nonexistent."
"His illnesses coincide with impending court
appearances. I do not believe the symptoms are
genuine," the judge was quoted as saying by the
South Wales Evening Post.
Knight is due to be sentenced Nov. 7.

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Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by freshness2020: 6:31pm On Oct 22, 2014
#BadmanThings..
He can run but can't hide!

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Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by thunderrider: 6:47pm On Oct 22, 2014
If he were to be a black guy

noise for don plenty for media
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by hatux: 6:53pm On Oct 22, 2014
thunderrider:
If he were to be a black guy

noise for don plenty for media

Lol cheesy.. Your moniker' kind of ...
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by mainheart(m): 7:03pm On Oct 22, 2014
coma for two years, the man get liver
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by valmunich(m): 7:06pm On Oct 22, 2014
People get mind shaa sad
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by destante(f): 9:09pm On Oct 22, 2014
shocked shocked
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by hatux: 9:54pm On Oct 22, 2014
mainheart:
coma for two years, the man get liver
He get am die.. But he no get pass you ma brother.
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by mainheart(m): 9:56pm On Oct 22, 2014
hatux:
He get am die.. But he no get pass you ma brother.
u funny
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by hatux: 10:00pm On Oct 22, 2014
mainheart:
u funny
Funny? No be true I talk, aren't you the main heart?
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by mainheart(m): 10:02pm On Oct 22, 2014
hatux:
Funny? No be true I talk, aren't you the main heart?
main heart and not strong heart
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by lonelydora: 10:04pm On Oct 22, 2014
Badt guy. His root must have connection to Nigeria.
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by bebe2(f): 10:08pm On Oct 22, 2014
the love of benefit
can make pple do crazy things.

big man like dat undecided undecided
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by hatux: 10:15pm On Oct 22, 2014
mainheart:
main heart and not strong heart
Lol cheesy.. You sabi fear o..
Re: Unbelievable: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by hatux: 10:16pm On Oct 22, 2014
lonelydora:
Badt guy. His root must have connection to Nigeria.
Must every bad root be trace to Nigeria?

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