Man Faked a Coma For Two Years

[Recursion]

http://gawker.com/man-faked-a-coma-for-two-years-1649146140

A con artist who pretended to be in a coma every time he wanted to get out of court apparently managed to keep the charade going for more than two years.

Police in South Wales say 47-year-old Alan Knight—who had also been illegally living off benefits by pretending to be a quadriplegic—had spent about three years conning his neighbor out of $65,000 when he came up on their radar.

He told authorities he had injured his spine in a garage door accident, paralyzing him from the neck down and causing seizures that occasionally put him into a coma. His wife played along with the charade, "caring" for him at the hospital and pushing his wheelchair into court.

But the imaginative conman got busted after the court was presented with CCTV footage of Knight—un-paralyzed, very-much-awake—driving and shopping at a supermarket.

[Hoppy]

1. Not unreasonable. Quads usually need depends. Maybe he got caught short

so took a drive to the nearest Sainsbury to stock up.

[MADem]

2. This guy was a scuzzy con artist--more here...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/22/man-faked-disability-caught-shopping-trip-40000-scam-neighbour


A fraudster conned an elderly neighbour out of £40,000 and pretended to be quadriplegic for two years in order to evade justice before he was finally caught by police going on shopping trips and on holidays with his family.