Dave, 57, another middle-aged prisoner with a slight paunch leaving Hollesley Bay early, put it succinctly: “Listen mate, he’s done his time and now all he has to do is decide which of his two houses to live in.” The peer, who was given a four-year term in 2001 for perjury and perverting the course of justice, looked glum and scowled as his car slid by the honour guard of lenses and flash bulbs outside the jail.But the journey to his house in Grantchester, near Cambridge, obviously lightened the mood. As the car pulled up on the drive of the Old Vicarage, Lady Archer emerged to hug her grinning husband before the pair struck a pose. The Krug-drinking master of self-publicity had taken a mere 70 minutes to stage his first photo-op.Had he known it would be the PR high-point of his day, he might have lingered a little longer. After jostling through yet more cameras, the peer cut a lonely figure as he sat in the reception area of the Brixton branch of the Probation Service, opposite a Portuguese snack bar.The one-time would-be mayor of London spent an hour and 10 minutes with his probation officer.

He must return once a week for the first month, have a home visit within the first 10 days and have regular contact for 12 months.By early evening, the first day of liberty had taken its toll. Shortly before 6pm, Lady Archer was driven to the Palace for a reception with the Queen as trustee of the Cambridge Foundation.Once, her husband would have been certain to accompany her. Instead, it appears that a quiet meal in Belgravia was more appropriate than an evening with royalty for his first night of freedom.. A dead woman found floating at sea was confirmed yesterday to be the wife of the murdered businessman Amarjit Chohan.

Nancy Chohan, 25, who went missing with her husband and two sons in February, was found in Poole Bay, Dorset, on 15 July. A post-mortem examination showed he had been strangled and buried in a field in Devon before being exhumed and dumped in the sea. DNA tests on Mrs Chohan the day after she was found have confirmed her identityPeter Rees, 38, of Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, has been charged with the murder of Mr Chohan, 46, an Indian-born millionaire, and with preventing his burial. Mr Rees is expected to be charged with the murder of Mrs Chohan.Mr Chohan, a haulage company owner, his wife, their two sons, Devinder, 19 months, and Ravinder, four months, and Mrs Chohan’s mother Charanjit Kaur, 51, all vanished from their home in Heston, west London, and a police investigation was launched after the alarm was raised by relatives.The boys and their grandmother are still missing.Any motive for the murder has not been made public..

The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith QC, will tell the American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, today that the nine British terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay must be given access to legal advice. “One of the first steps that must be taken is for the detainees to have the benefit of legal advice,” he said. The Attorney General also reminded the Americans that the Government “remains opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances”.All nine British detainees, including two scheduled for the first of the tribunals, have been denied any legal advice or representation during their 18 months of captivity.Feroz Abbasi, 23, from London, and Moazzam Begg, 35, from Birmingham, were on President George Bush’s initial list of six detainees who could face the American military tribunals at the base in Cuba. Tony Blair said over the weekend that the two detainees should be either brought back to Britain or tried by US military commission under rules agreed with the White House. Lord Goldsmith’s statement does not preclude either of these options but does put pressure on the US to begin the process of establishing fairer conditions of detention before any trial takes place.Louise Christian, the solicitor acting for Mr Abbasi’s family, said yesterday that she had been demanding “immediate access” to Mr Abbasi for many months.