Jail marathon man gets £500 charity cheque from Archer

A PRISONER who ran a marathon around a jail yard for charity has received financial support from one of Britain’s most famous inmates.

Lord Jeffrey Archer this week posted a cheque for £500 to Limerick prisoner Pat Scanlan.

Scanlan, who is serving a seven-year jail sentence for a drugs offence, ran 628 laps of Limerick prison yard last December in a bid to raise money for the Chernobly Children's Project.