AN army major and his wife may have considered a vibrating pager ploy before deciding a system of coded coughing offered a better chance of winning the top prize on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, a court heard yesterday.

AN army major used an accomplice’s strategic coughing to “cheat his way” to the top prize in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, a court was told yesterday.

An Army major has appeared in a British court charged with dishonestly attempting to win £1m (€1.5m) on Britain's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.