A fraudster who pretended to be in a coma for two years was caught by police going on shopping trips and holidays with his family.Conman Alan Knight of Swansea, South Wales, faked being in a vegetative state after he scammed his next door neighbour out of £40,000.
The 47-year-old tried to beat justice by claiming he was a quadriplegic - his family said he was hooked up to oxygen and had no movement from the neck down.
According to Dailymail, he was caught out after CCTV captured him walking around Tesco and driving his car to Dorset.Knight was then hauled before Swansea Crown Court where he admitted scamming the pensioner who lived next door to him out of thousands of pounds.
The fraudster had been living off benefits after claiming he had suffered a massive neck injury.
His wife Helen, 33, claimed she had to care for her husband who had snapped his neck after falling backwards as he pulled down a garage door.But the whole time he was carrying out an elaborate three-year fraud targeting neighbour Ivor Richards' life savings and shares.
He 'systematically' funnelled £41,570 out of the pensioner's bank account which he used to pay for holidays and to buy a caravan in Dorset.
The father-of-three was caught on CCTV at the Severn bridge toll on the M4 as he travelled back from the south coast.He was also captured on CCTV in Tesco stores across the country after police traced the use of the family's loyalty club card.
Officers tried 'at least twice' to bring him to court but each time he admitted himself to hospital claiming his condition had worsened.He was however unable to fool doctors at the hospital.
While he was on 'observations' they spotted him eating, wiping his face and even writing.
Knight was told he would have to stand trial even if he did not attend, and he finally appeared in court in a wheel chair and wearing a neck brace.
Hehehe. They can as well arrange a bed in court for him, so he can serve his jail time there. Smart Mugu..!!
ReplyDelete*faints* this man should be crowned scammer of the year,damn!! But he was stupid enough to go shopping and on holidays,olodo man! But his face tho,with that face of hers I'm suspecting she threatened his to do this hehe
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DeleteI knw naija scammers out dere hv jst got a new format. On d oda hand he fall in2 coma cos his name is conma, his name really worked 4 him but jst 4 a yl tho
DeleteLmao....this emeka david thinks the man's name is 'conman'.I guess nt only animals are this stupid
Delete*KARMAisabitch
Ye @karmaisabitch that's harsh
DeleteEveryday for thief one day for the owner. See their faces like a rejected sacrifice.
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Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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This man and his wife should be arrested bcos they all partake in the action....
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waoh.... he should be given an award in jail.
ReplyDeletebuhahahahaha he is so getting fried
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See how the guy serious for the chair. Serious business man. Lol
ReplyDeleteThe woman is an accomplice of the scam and must be sentenced just like the husband (William Idahoza v. R)
ReplyDeleteHeheheheheheh! Nice one dude. This time no escape method for you. IT İŞ WELL
ReplyDeleteWhere's my finest
ReplyDeleteFish brain scammers
ReplyDeleteAm here honey*oke*
ReplyDeleteBLOG aNALYSER: Everyday for the thief one day for the owner
ReplyDeleteLazy man
ReplyDeleteThis man na real crook.
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He aint smart enough, if not he wouldn't have been caught..
ReplyDeleteSmart man. Since he prefers his neck broken, they should jez break it for him or better still, they should hang him. I respect scammers tho, this one is just the mumu one.
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