Accused Major fights tears.AN Army major fought back tears yesterday as he spoke of his ``absolutely horrendous'' ordeal since being accused of cheating his way to the top prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Charles Ingram Charles Ingram (born August 6, 1963) is a former British Army Major who made headlines in the United Kingdom when he cheated on the television show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. Despite being convicted of deception, Ingram maintains that he did not cheat. , 39,accused of using an accomplice's coded coughs to pocket the pounds 1m jackpot, said he had been living under a ``great cloud''. ``I am not wishing to exaggerate it,but we have had our cat at the front of the house shot at,''he told London's Southwark Crown Court. ``I have had my car vandalised . . .it has been absolutely horrendous.'' He added he had taken medication for a year. Asked if he cheated during the recording of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? the major replied: ``No.'' Ingram and his nursery nurse nursery nurse Noun a person trained to look after children of pre-school age wife Diana, 38, of High Street,Easterton,Wiltshire, and Tecwen Whittock, of Heol-y-Gors,Whitchurch, Cardiff Whitchurch (Welsh Yr Eglwys Newydd eglwys church + newydd new) is a suburb of Cardiff, Wales. It is approximately 3 miles from the centre of the city on the B12(A) road. Its estimated population as of 2004 was 15,649. , who is head of business studies at Pontypridd College,South Wales, each deny one charge of ``procuring a valuable security by deception'' on September 10, 2001. |
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