<P> After Ingram won the million, Whittock won the next Fastest Finger game and so took to the hotseat . He reached the £ 4,000 mark, but dropped back to £ 1,000 after answering a cookery question incorrectly . </P> <P> The Prosecution suggested that Ingram's wife, Diana (who had won £ 32,000 on a previous show, as had her brother), had organised the scam . Pager telephone records revealed what appeared to be a practice session for another plan to cheat the system that was not subsequently carried out . The Prosecution claimed that the original plan was for Ingram to hide four pagers on his body that would vibrate when an accomplice called the pager indicating the correct answer . It would seem that during one of Diana's questions, an audible cough could be heard after Tarrant had read out all the questions to her, with the cough landing at the end of the correct answer . </P> <P> Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court lasting four weeks, Ingram, his wife Diana, and Whittock were convicted of "procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception" on 7 April 2003 . Ingram and his wife were each given suspended 18 - month prison sentences and fined £ 15,000, while Whittock received a 12 - month suspended sentence and was fined £ 10,000 . Together with legal costs, the Ingrams had to pay £ 115,000, in addition to not receiving his £ 1,000,000 . </P> <P> Despite the conviction, the Ingrams and Whittock continue to deny that they colluded or acted dishonestly . They appealed against the conviction . An ITV documentary entitled Millionaire: A Major Fraud, presented by Martin Bashir, was broadcast in Britain on 21 April 2003 with a follow - up two weeks later, Millionaire: The Final Answer . Excerpts from the recording were broadcast but with enhanced audio highlighting the coughs emanating, the Prosecution alleged, from Whittock . Immediately after Major Fraud, the uncut recording, but again with enhanced audio, was broadcast on ITV2 . Major Fraud included additional video recorded during the programme of Mrs. Ingram sitting in the audience and apparently prompting Major Ingram with her own coughing and making glances in the direction of Whittock . Major Fraud also contained interviews with production staff and some contestants present at the recording describing how they felt that something unusual had been happening . The defendants declined to be interviewed for the programme . Ingram described Major Fraud and the programme broadcast on ITV2 as "one of the greatest TV editing con tricks in history". </P>

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