If only Osama had coughed in one of those recordings...

The Millionaire coughing scam trial continues. Chief witness for the prosecution: someone who did an audio forensic analysis of the 19 mysterious coughs and concluded that they all came from the same person. As the witness said, Forensic analysis of coughing is relatively uncharted territory but his testimony was damning enough that the defendant's lawyer David Aubrey, had "helpfully indicated" his client accepted "that some if not all" of the 19 "particular" coughs were his. There is a particular problem with a clearly audible "No!" during one cough on the 500,000 pounds question. Perhaps the defendant had that mysterious new flu without even knowing it. Or perhaps as an academic, he could claim that pathetically low salaries had driven him to such schemes.