Quiz case major 'made cheating obvious'
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. Read our privacy policy An army major accused of cheating on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire denied yesterday that his wife had been angry with him for making his scheme a "bit too obvious". Charles Ingram, who allegedly won the £1m prize with the help of an accomplice's coded coughs, said suggestions of a dressing room confrontation minutes after his success were "definitely wrong". Major Ingram, 39, and his wife, Diana, 38, a nursery nurse, of Easterton, Wiltshire, and Tecwen Whittock, 53, of Whitchurch, Cardiff, each deny a single charge of "procuring a valuable security by deception" on 10 September 2001. Major Ingram, who was spending his third day giving evidence from a witness box he has likened to the quiz show's "hot seat", was also asked about pagers.
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