Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,148,521 members, 7,801,442 topics. Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024 at 03:16 PM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Foreign Affairs / Chaiii: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court (498 Views)
A South African Complained Of Not Having Light For 2 Hours, Nigerian Guy Reacts / UK Man Guilty Of Raping Five Women From Match.com / Kuwaiti Jailed For 2 Years For Insulting Ruler (2) (3) (4)
Chaiii: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by ameheo(m): 7:09am On Oct 23, 2014 |
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. http://www.kulzone.tk/2014/10/uk-man-faked-coma-for-2-years-to-avoid.html?m=1 |
Re: Chaiii: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by Jaymima(f): 7:21am On Oct 23, 2014 |
Wonders shall never cease. |
Re: Chaiii: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by Nobody: 9:28am On Oct 23, 2014 |
This aint funny mhen... DoroGettingSeriousWithCrime Hahahahaha |
Re: Chaiii: UK Man Faked Coma For 2 Years To Avoid Court by Nobody: 4:15pm On Oct 23, 2014 |
(1) (Reply)
Despite Increasing Deadly Attacks, Ex-heads Of State, Governors Commend Govt’s / Where’s Iraq’s Baath Party? / #parisattacks: France Identifies All Victims In Paris Terrorist Attacks (photos)
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 11 |