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R v Ingram, C., Ingram, D. and Whittock, T. was a 2003 English Crown Court fraud case in which Major Charles Ingram, his wife Diana and college lecturer Tecwen Whittock were found guilty of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception—obtaining a signed cheque for £1 million—by cheating on the filming of the UK game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
The British one pound (£1) coin is a denomination of sterling coinage. Its obverse bears the Latin engraving CHARLES III D G REG ( Dei Gratia Rex ) F D ( Fidei defensor ) meaning, 'Charles III, by the grace of God, King, Defender of the Faith '.
There are detailed records of her imprisonment and trial. [4] Dalry Kirk-Session, October 15th, 1697 — Given for alimenting Elspet M‘Koun, alledged of witchcraft in prison, £1 1s 0d. Commission for Judging of Elspeth M‘Cowen and Mary Millar, alleadged Guilty of Witchcraft, 1698.
The trial has been dramatised in stage and television adaptations. Channel 4 broadcast its dramatisation, Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama , in December 2022. [ 46 ] Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial , a verbatim dramatisation of the trial, was staged at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End between November 2022 and January 2023.
The half farthing ( 1 / 8 of a penny, 1 / 1920 of a pound) coin was initially minted in 1828 for use in Ceylon, but was declared legal tender in the United Kingdom in 1842. [61] The third farthing ( 1 / 12 of a penny, 1 / 2880 of a pound) coin was minted for use in Malta, starting in 1827. [61]
Within two months of the verdict and sentence, the trial's judge ordered the Ingrams to pay additional defence costs, which left them repaying a total of £115,000. [ 17 ] On 19 August 2003, the Army Board ordered Ingram to resign his commission as a major after sixteen years of service, but stated that this would not affect his pension ...
Only around £499m of the budgeted £1.8bn has been paid out so far, to more than 3,000 claimants. The committee said that meant 72% of the budget had still not paid.
The sovereign is a British gold coin with a nominal value of one pound sterling (£1) and contains 0.2354 troy ounces (113.0 gr; 7.32 g) of pure gold.Struck since 1817, it was originally a circulating coin that was accepted in Britain and elsewhere in the world; it is now a bullion coin and is sometimes mounted in jewellery.