R v Ingram, C., Ingram, D. and Whittock, T. question, he was waiting for Whittock to cough when "googol" was mentioned; which occurred as he had predicted. Following this, Tarrant was called to the stand and he stated that he hadn't noticed anything amiss during the filming and hadn't heard any coughing. Tarrant said that the Ingrams had been behaving following the win "as normal as people who had just won £1m would be in that situation." He also stated that he would not have signed the cheque if he had had suspicions of Charles cheating and was "shocked" when he heard about the allegations. The floor manager stated
Charles Ingram the trial. The program, "Tonight With Trevor McDonald – Major Fraud", was broadcast on ITV a month after the trial, and credited with over 17 million viewers. Two weeks later, the day after "Major Fraud" aired in the US, the same channel broadcast another programme on the same topic, entitled "The Final Answer", which was credited with over 5 million viewers. Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court lasting four weeks (including jury deliberation for three-and-a-half days), which ended soon after a jury member was evicted for discussing the case in public, Charles and Diana Ingram and Whittock were convicted