A warder at North Sea Camp prison has resigned after it emerged he had lunch with Lord Archer during the disgraced Tory peer’s day release from jail, the Prison Service said today.

A warder at North Sea Camp prison in Britain has resigned after it emerged he had lunch with Jeffrey Archer during the disgraced Tory peer's day release from jail, the UK Prison Service said today.

JEFFREY Archer was last night returning to his prison cell following his first day of work at a theatre on day release from jail.

Lord Archer was the victim of an ‘‘unbalanced’’ trial on charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice, the Court of Appeal heard today.