Aitken to start new year in jail

London - The disgraced Tory, Jonathan Aitken, will see the millennium in from behind bars, the Prison Service said yesterday

London - The disgraced Tory, Jonathan Aitken, will see the millennium in from behind bars, the Prison Service said yesterday. The former Cabinet minister will return to jail on December 30th after enjoying Christmas at home.

Aitken has been granted leave from Standford Hill prison, a minimum security jail on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, on December 24th to spend the holiday with his family.

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