A busted British conman who faked being in a coma for two years to avoid court has pleaded guilty to stealing more than £40,000 from his neighbor.

Alan Knight, a 47-year-old man from Wales accused of fraudulent activity was caught after he went grocery shopping all over the country using his family's loyalty card.

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Knight was arrested in 2012 for charges of theft after he allegedly swindled money from an elderly neighbor who had been suffering from dementia in Sketty in Swansea.

According to reports, Knight laid out a carefully planned crime where he systematically siphoned all of Ivan Richards' assets including money from his bank accounts and company shares.

"This is the most calculated, long-term deception of a vulnerable, elderly neighbor I have ever seen," the case lead officer Paul Harry stated.

Investigations revealed that Knight used the money he took from his helpless elderly neighbor to fund family holidays in Dorset and a vehicle.

Knight faked being in a coma in order to avoid appearing in court and delay the investigations, claiming that he suffered from neck-down paralysis because of incapacitating illnesses such as seizures and quadriplegia.

With the help of his wife, Helen, who posted photos of her apparently caring for a comatose husband, Knight pulled off the two-year scam until he was caught by surveillance cameras while he was grocery shopping.

Authorities traced the times Knight's loyalty cards had been used in order to locate the actual footage showing the fraudster, up and about, pushing the shopping cart all over a Tesco supermarket.

He was also videotaped by CCTV cameras driving his car all over the country with his wife and three children.

After two years of dodging justice, Knight then appeared in Swansea Crown Court on October 21 and confessed to 19 counts of fraud, theft and forgery charges.

While in the hearing, Judge Paul Thomas told him that he would probably face imprisonment for his crimes during his sentencing next month.

"There are aspects to this case which in my experience are unique and it seems a strong message needs to be sent out to anyone who seeks to adopt the same tactics in the future," Judge Thomas stated.

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