CHARLES Ingram famously cheated on TV game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Between the two days of filming of the ITV show, hosted by Chris Tarrant, it was reported that Diana made contact with future contestant Tecwen, from Cardiff, to plan how to help Charles win. Did he go to jail and what happened to him after the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire scandal?Back in 2001, Charles Ingram (played by Matthew Macfaydan) allegedly cheated his way to winning the £1million prize, along with the help of his wife Diana (Sian Gifford) and Tecwen Whittock (Michael Jibson).But who is Tecwen and what happened to him after the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire scandal?Tecwen Whittock (played by Muchael Jibson in Quiz) was a college lecturer from Cardiff, and was a contestant on series 10 of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on 15 September, 2001. and obtaining a signed cheque for £1million in 2001.The charge was that Ingram used coughs by his wife and Whittock during filming to guide him to the correct answers in order to win the £1million prize.Between the two days of filming of the ITV show, hosted by Chris Tarrant, it was reported that Diana made contact with future contestant Tecwen, from Cardiff, to plan how to help Charles win.Tecwen was a contestant on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire in 2001, but he didn't get further than the Fastest Finger First round.When Ingram was main stage, it was alleged that Whittock coughed every time the correct answer was read out.After the show finished filming, the sound team noticed Tecwen's timely coughs and he was also found to blow his nose whenever Ingram was about to pick the wrong answer.The cheating trio denied the charges in court, with Tecwen insisting that he had a persistent existing cough.It was recorded that he coughed 192 times during filming.He is said to have told police that it was all a "coincidence".The prosecution firstly accused the Ingrams of using pagers hidden on Charles on the first day of filming which would vibrate at the correct answer.Phone records were introduced in court from Diana's mobile phone to Whittock's.The prosecution called fellow contestant, Larry Whitehurst, who stated that he watched Whittock from across the studio in his Fastest Finger First seat.He stated that he noticed his pattern of coughing, and had suspicions that Whittock was involved in cheating.When Whittock took to the stand, he put his coughing down to hay fever and a dust allergy, saying it was a coincidence the coughs coincided with the correct answers.Whittock received a 12-month suspended sentence, a £10,000 fine plus a £7,500 costs order.Tecwen, who will now be approaching 70, resigned from his lecturer's job at Pontypridd College in Wales shortly after the court case and reportedly had to sell his Whitchurch home to pay fines and court costs.He apparently tried to make a living out of after-dinner speaking about his Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? If you’re unfamiliar, you’re about to be caught up because an AMC show is coming your way. Charles Ingram cheated on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire by having people cough when the right answer was listed. When Charles Ingram appeared on the show, it was alleged Tecwen coughed every time the correct answer was read out.At the time, the sound team noticed he also seemingly blew his nose whenever Charles was about to pick the wrong answer.He is said to have coughed 192 times during filming.The £1m prize money was suspended and in 2003 Tecwen, The trio have always denied the charges, with Tecwen insisting that he had a persistent existing cough, and it was all a "coincidence".After being found guilty of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception and received a 12-month suspended sentence, a £10,000 fine plus £7,500 in costs.Not much is known about Tecwen now, but he gave up his job as a lecturer at Pontypridd College shortly after the trial and is said to have sold his Whitchurch home to pay fines.He is now approaching 70-years-old and has kept out of the spotlight. in 2001 and was stripped of the £1million prize.Tecwen Whittock was behind the coughing scandal that helped Ingram commit fraud, but who is the college lecturer and what is he up to now?Major Charles Ingram, his wife Diana and college lecturer Tecwen Whittock were found guilty of 'procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception' – by cheating on TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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