Jeffrey Archer paroled after two years

BRITISH millionaire writer and disgraced peer of the realm Jeffrey Archer was freed on parole yesterday after serving half of a four-year jail term over a scandal involving sex, lies and high-profile politics.

The flamboyant former deputy chairman of Britain’s Conservative Party was driven out of Hollesley Bay Open Prison in Suffolk, southern England, by one of his sons.

The 63-year-old author, smartly dressed in a navy suit and patterned tie, was hugged by his wife, Mary, 58, as he returned to his rural mansion at Grantchester, central England.