Prison officer resigns over Archer lunch

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.

It is thought the lunchtime get-together was the same one at which Lord Archer met a female police officer, which has already triggered an internal police investigation.

A Prison Service spokesman said today: “We can confirm a prison officer at North Sea Camp has resigned following the discovery that he had lunch with Lord Archer.

“This is now being investigated.”

Lincolnshire police have asked their professional standards unit to examine whether their officer did anything improper by meeting the convict at Zucchini’s restaurant in Lincoln on Wednesday.