Prominent UK judge arrested for lying to police
Published: 2013 February 27 01:14:01 (5362 Views)
One of Britain’s most prominent black judges has been arrested over claims that she lied about her involvement in leaking information on Chris Huhne to the Press, it was revealed yesterday.
Constance Briscoe, 55, was questioned over allegations that she lied to police during the investigation into whether former Cabinet minister Huhne asked his then wife Vicky Pryce to take his speeding points.
Miss Briscoe, a neighbour and friend of Pryce, told police she had not been in contact with newspapers about the story.
But emails revealed the barrister and part-time crown court judge was in contact with a freelance journalist, Andrew Alderson, who was working for the Mail on Sunday.
Mr Alderson told the newspaper that Miss Briscoe was ‘determined to go for the kill’ against Huhne, who was then Energy Secretary in the Coalition Government.
In an email, the freelance journalist said Huhne would be forced to resign over the speeding points allegations and suggested he and a news editor on the paper should take the judge out for a ‘farewell to Huhne drink’.
The revelation about Miss Briscoe came on the second day of the retrial of Huhne’s ex-wife for perverting the course of justice.
The jury at Southwark Crown Court heard that Miss Briscoe was dropped as a witness because doubt had been cast on her ability to act as a ‘witness of truth’.
- Daily Mail
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