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After Tony had served three and a half years, they moved him to Ford Open, a D-cat prison, from where he visited Paris, as already recorded in this diary He then ineer, but a friend shafted him – a sort of Ted Francis, he says – ‘so I was arrested and spent sixteen months in a Spanish jail, whilesorted out They finally sent me back to Belmarsh, where I will remain until I’ve completed my sentence’ He reminds me that no one has ever escaped from Belmarsh

‘But what happened to the girl?’ I ask

‘She got the house, all ed with any offence’ He smiles, and doesn’t appear to be bitter about it ‘I can always ain,’ he says ‘That won’t be a problem, and I feel sure there will be other women’

Tony is being considered for parole at the present tiet on ith his probation officer He claims she doesn’t appreciate his sense of humour He warns me to make sure I treat whoever they allocate to le individual can be the deciding factor as to whether you should be released or remain locked up in prison

‘So ill you do once you are released?’ I ask

He smiles and extracts a file secreted at the back of his cupboard ‘I’alese’ He produces sheet after sheet of financial forecasts on Senegal’s agricultural requireovernment will advance to help subsidize that particular industry

‘I wouldn’t be surprised if youthe papers

‘Only women will stop me,’ he says ‘I do love them so’

‘Lock-up,’ is bellowed froround floor I thank Tony for his company, leave his office, and return to my cell

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800 pm

I check overious bookshop

I try to find out the close-of-play cricket score, but have to settle for Any Questions Ken Clarke is very forthright about the iniquity offor the leadership of the Tory Party

1000 pm

Still no rapI sleep soundly