These are the charges against Lord Archer and his former friend, retired television producer Ted Francis, on which the jury had to consider verdicts.
Charges against Archer:
- Perverting the course of justice - Between December 22nd, 1986, and April 7th, 1987, procuring Edward Francis to provide his solicitors with an alibi which he knew to be false and which was intended to disprove the allegation.
VERDICT: Guilty
- Perverting the course of justice - Between March 26th, 1986, and July 7th, 1987, in relation to diaries relating to September 1986, failing to disclose the existence of his main office diary, a blue A53 size Dataday; providing Angela Peppiatt with a blank 1986 diary, and giving her instructions to write entries in it; and causing the diary to be handed to his solicitors for use in the court case as his main office diary.
VERDICT: Guilty
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- Perjury - On June 23rd, 1987, making a statement under oath for use in judicial proceedings that The Economist diary 1986, the appointments diary for 1986 and a daily list of appointments for 1986, were the only documents of that type which had been in his possession.
VERDICT: Guilty
- Perjury - On July 8th, 1987, as a sworn witness in judicial proceedings at the High Court, knowingly made a false statement that the diary known as the main diary or Mrs Peppiatt's diary produced in proceedings, was in existence and contained the entries relating to September 8th and 9th, 1986, before October 26, 1986.
VERDICT: Guilty
- Perverting the course of justice - Between April 6th, 1987, and July 7th, 1987, making entries in an Economist diary for September 1986 and causing photocopies to be sent to his solicitors, and the diary to be handed to his solicitors.
VERDICT: Not Guilty
The charge against Ted Francis
- Perverting the course of justice - on a day between December 22, 1986, and March 27, 1987, agreed to provide and later provided solicitors on behalf of Archer, with a version of events which he knew to be false.
VERDICT: Not Guilty
Two further charges against Archer were dropped during the course of the trial.
These were:
- Using a false instrument under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act - Using the A4 appointments diary with the intention of passing it off as genuine between March 26th, 1986, and July 7th, 1987.
- Perverting the course of justice - On or before January 8th, 1987, obtaining a new blank Economist diary for 1986 in which he intended to make entries. Archer was found not guilty on the directions of the judge.