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.

[5] Between the two days of filming, it is reported that Diana made contact with future contestant Tecwen Whittock to plan how to help Charles win £1 million.

[4] Charles eventually won the million pounds and received a cheque for this amount signed by Tarrant, though it was retained by Celador for eight days for processing.

[4] The CEO, upon reviewing the tapes with the technicians, and playing devil's advocate with each cough heard, concluded there had been cheating and called the police.

[10] The prosecution first accused the Ingrams of using pagers hidden on Charles' body on the first day of filming which would vibrate at the correct answer and adduced records from Diana's mobile phone to Whittock's.

[6] The prosecution called a contestant, Larry Whitehurst, who stated that he had been watching Whittock from across the studio in his Fastest Finger First (FFF) seat, had noticed his pattern of coughing, and had suspicions that he was involved in cheating.

[11] The floor manager stated that the production staff had taken the unusual step of having Charles searched after the recording because they were suspicious he was cheating using hidden pagers, but nothing was found.

[12] The supervisor also claimed that she had noticed the Ingrams' attitudes change in their dressing rooms after the win going from a mood of elation to them having an argument.

after Charles had mentioned he was going to give Berlin as his answer, members of the public in the gallery started laughing which led to the judge threatening to clear the courtroom.

Diana's brother Marcus did attend the first day of recording, where he was seen using his mobile phone outside the studio three times and was told to stop by production crew.

[17] After a delay in the summing up speeches due to coughing jurors,[18] the judge asked the jury if Charles Ingram was "a genuine millionaire or a fraudster".

The judge said that was not an acceptable verdict as all three were co-defendants and the prosecution's case relied on Diana's actions influencing those of Charles and Whittock.

[8] Returning to the court and to judge Revlin, the Ingrams argued in forma pauperis ("in the manner of a pauper") for their costs to be cut.

He agreed to cut their defence costs from £65,000 to £30,000 but warned Charles that despite having declared bankruptcy, he faced prison if the fines were not paid.

[24] Charles sued Celador in a civil case for £240,000, per usual procedure suspended for the criminal law decision; this was dismissed.

[33] In 2015, James Plaskett and Bob Woffinden published Bad Show: The Quiz, The Cough, The Millionaire Major, in which they questioned the defendants' guilt.