'Millionaire' defendant suffered from dust allergy
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Professor Alan Morris said three conditions caused chronic coughs, and Tecwen Whittock had two of them on the night he was accused of helping Major Charles Ingram win £1m on the television quiz show. Professor Morris, whose evidence was interrupted at one stage by a juror's coughing, said tests and the college lecturer's medical history showed he suffered from a year-round dust allergy and hay fever. Professor Morris, who is head of the European respiratory task force on chronic coughing, said: "I expect he was concentrating heavily while he was there."
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