A fraudster claimed he was a quadriplegic
and faked being in a vegetative state for two years.
Alan Knight, 47,
of Swansea, conned his elderly neighbour £40,000 and claimed he was unable to
move from the neck down in a bid to avoid being punished for the crime.
He was
caught out when doctors watching his hospital room spotted him eating, wiping
his face and even writing.
He was also
caught on CCTV pushing a shopping trolley around a Tesco store and driving.
The
father-of-three’s wife, Helen, kept up the act by being pictured ‘caring’ for
her ‘comatose’ husband.
Det Con Paul
Harry, from South Wales Police, said: ‘In my entire career this is the most
calculated, long-term deception of a vulnerable, elderly neighbour I have ever
seen.’
Knight had been
due to stand trial but admitted the 19 counts of theft and forgery and will
face jail sentence next month.
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