Plenty of advice for Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce at Annabel’s last night when Jonathan Aitken hosted a Q & A session with two friends from Belmarsh prison, “Razor” Smith and Leroy Skeete, to launch Banham Concierge, a security advice service.
Another former guest of Her Majesty, Lord Taylor of Warwick, convicted of fiddling parliamentary expenses, was also on hand to explain how to cope.
“Vicky will have a tougher time in Holloway than Chris will in Wandsworth,” said Lord Taylor. “Although Wandsworth is one of the toughest prisons in Britain, Holloway has a lot of hysterical women into self-harm. Vicky had too many suitcases with her. They’ll take them away for a start.”
Smith said he respected a Banham lock when he was doing a burglary. “If you see a Banham lock it’s better to walk away,” he told guests, who included Aitken’s wife Elizabeth, daughter Victoria and son William.
