TV quiz show cheat Major Charles Ingram is standing trial today for assaulting a boy who he claims coughed in his face.
The 43-year-old former Army officer denies a charge of common assault, relating to an incident in April last year in the village of Urchfont, Wiltshire, in which the 13-year-old boy alleges Ingram attacked him.
In 2003 Ingram, his wife Diana and university lecturer Tecwen Whittock were convicted of deception for attempting to cheat on Chris Tarrant's ITV quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Ingram used coughs from Whittock, who sat among the other contestants, to guide himself to the correct answers.
The trio were each fined £15,000, ordered to pay £10,000 costs and handed 18-month suspended jail sentences.
Ingram is listed to stand trial before magistrates sitting at Salisbury Crown Court at 10am.
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