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Britain’s criminal couples

When a respected Army major and his well-spoken wife were accused of conducting an audacious crime that would see them in receipt of a million pounds worth of prize money from TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire , the story gripped the nation.

But what made the crime even more shocking wasn’t only the fact they tried to win the money fraudulently, but that the couple seemed like such unlikely criminals.

And as the recently aired ITV drama Quiz suggests, as individuals, Charles and Diana Ingram might not have undertaken such a far-fetched public crime –

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