Jeffrey Archer will be placed on immediate suicide watch as he adjusts to life inside a high-security prison, it was predicted tonight.

Millionaire novelist Lord Archer was jailed for four years today after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice and perjury at the Old Bailey.

Millionaire novelist Jeffrey Archer was facing jail today after being found guilty of lying and cheating in his 1987 libel case against the Daily Star.