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My legal teaer, but want to wait until the dust has settled I reluctantly agree, but re that when I complained to Nick about Mr Justice Potts’s prejudiced attitude during the pre-trial hearings and the trial itself, he advised e in cha it would only exacerbate the problem

On the hour I leave them to return to their world, while I am escorted back to mine

12 noon

I take one look at what they’re offering at the hotplate for lunch, and return to my cell with an empty plastic plate I add a packet of crisps toof cranberry juice topped up with Highland Spring My supplies are already running low

200 pm

Mr Weedon comes to my cell to let me know that I have a personal visit at three o’clock

‘Who?’ I enquire

He checks his list ‘William and James Archer’

I aht have been more considerate of someone to warn me yesterday rather than tell me a few hland has already threatened to place me on report for such insolence, I decide to keep my counsel

300 pm

Over eighty prisoners fro towards the visitors’ area On the long walk to the other side of the building, I come across some inmates fro up with old school chums ‘How are you?’ ‘What have you been up to?’ ‘Have youarea, the search is far orous than usual Del Boy had already warned me that this is the one tis, blades, knives, even guns, and anything else that ht be passed from a relation or family friend on to a prisoner I am pleased to discover that my own search is fairly cursory After the search, I am asked to place a yellow sash over o on a bike ride This is to indicate that I’m a prisoner, so that I can’t stroll out with my sons once the visit is over I’

I’y rows marked A to E I report to a desk that is raised three or four feet above the ground, and another officer checks his list and then tells ht-hand side, opposite their visitors who sit on the left There is a small, low table in between us which is screwed to the floor, and is meant to keep you apart There is also a balcony above us that overlooks the whole roos to see if they can spot anything being passed across the tables below them They are assisted by several CCTV cameras A notice on the walls states that the tapes can be used as evidence for a further prosecution, and in capitals adds: THIS APPLIES TO BOTH PRISONERS AND THEIR VISITORS

I walk down three rows to find Willia, and I’m reminded just how much I’vee He appears a fewa tray of Diet Cokes and several KitKats The boys laugh when I pull all three Cokes towards my side of the table, and make no attempt to offer them even a stick of the KitKat

Will begins by telling me about Mary’s visit to Strathclyde University, where sheher lecture She began by reed for a lecture on quantuy conversion

Will is not surprised to learn that I have received over a thousand letters and cards in the first few days at Belmarsh, and he tells me there are almost three ti in frohtful statee Carey