| R v Ingram, C., Whittock, T. and Ingram, D. | |
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| Court | Crown Court |
| Full case name | R (or Regina or The Crown) v (or and) Charles Ingram, Tecwen Whittock and Diana Ingram |
| Decided | 7 April 2003[1] |
| Citation(s) | [2004] EWCA Crim 2539 as to leave to appeal out of time (after 14-day deadline) as to the financial penalty imposed |
| Transcript(s) | None |
| Case history | |
| Appealed to | Court of Appeal of England and Wales |
| Subsequent action(s) | [2004] EWCA Crim 2539 |
| Related action(s) | Civil suit for libel - suspended - then dismissed. |
| Case opinions | |
| Guilty as charged. Charles Ingram and Diana Ingram sentenced to 18 months; Tecwen Whittock sentenced to 12 months (all suspended sentences). Defendants fined a total of £52,500 (including defence costs). | |
| Decision by | jury directed by Judge Geoffrey Revlin |
R v Ingram, C., Ingram, D. and Whittock, T. was a 2003 English Crown Court fraud case in which Major Charles Ingram, his wife Diana and college lecturer Tecwen Whittock were found guilty of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception—obtaining a signed cheque for £1 million—by cheating on the filming of the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The charge was that Charles Ingram used coughs by his wife and Whittock to guide him to the correct answers, in order to win £1 million in violation of the rules of the game. The Ingrams were sentenced to an 18-month suspended sentence and Whittock to one of 12 months.[2] The three also received fines and were ordered to pay costs.[2]
- ^ "Wilts major guilty of cheating". Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. 7 April 2003. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Millionaire trio escape jail". BBC News. 8 April 2003. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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