Man Pleads Guilty After Faking 2 Year Coma to Avoid Court : PICTURE

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A British man pleaded guilty this week to stealing 40,000 pounds from an elderly neighbor and pretending to be in a coma for two ye...

A British man pleaded guilty this week to stealing 40,000 pounds from an elderly neighbor and pretending to be in a coma for two years to avoid charges, authorities said. Wales News Service Alan Knight pleaded guilty after being charged with multiple counts of theft and making a false representation for gain, a Swansea Crown Court representative told ABC News.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 7. Knight was arrested in 2012 for the alleged theft, a South Wales Police spokesman said. But Knight delayed going to court by claiming to be a quadriplegic who had periodic seizures that left him in a comatose-state, police said. Since authorities were unable to get Knight in court, his trial was delayed until this week, police said.

However, an investigation revealed that Knight had been faking his symptoms, police said. Wales News Service pretended he was in a vegetative state to scam his next door neighbor out of £40,000. Knight and his wife, Helen Knight, even attempted to prove Knight's medical condition by photographing themselves in their home with Knight appearing to be unconscious and surrounded by medical equipment.

However, earlier this week Knight was finally ordered to attend court in person. Once in the courtroom investigators revealed they had footage of Knight walking around on closed-circuit television without a neck brace, oxygen or a wheelchair, police said. Wales News

In images and video released to the news media, Knight is shown walking through a doorway with his family. After the evidence was presented, Knight then pleaded guilty to the charges.

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