By Rebecca Camber PUBLISHED: 14:56 EST, 15 January 2014 | UPDATED: 06:24 EST, 16 January 2014 Scroll down for video In court: Constance Briscoe, who is accused of perverting the course of justice by lying to police about how she helped friend Vicky Pryce expose her ex-husband Chris Huhne Britain's top black female judge plotted to bring down Chris Huhne by lying to police about the speeding points scandal, a court heard yesterday. Constance Briscoe, 56, was said to be ‘determined to go for the kill’ after the then Cabinet Minister denied making his ex-wife Vicky Pryce take speeding points on his behalf.
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Lawyer and judge Constance Briscoe, 56, accused of three counts of perverting the course of justice
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Claimed she lied to police about her role in exposing Chris Huhne
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Also alleged she then lied again to cover up her own dishonesty
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Briscoe has been suspended since her arrest in October 2012
Vicky Pryce
Vicky Pryce
Friend: Economist @placeholder, who went to prison for taking speeding points for former husband Chris Huhne, is a friend of the lawyer - who was arrested in October 2012
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Vicky Pryce
Huhne and @placeholder were each jailed for eight months last year after it emerged Pryce had taken speeding points for Huhne in 2003.
Vicky Pryce
Vicky Pryce
Huhne and Pryce were each jailed for eight months last year after it emerged @placeholder had taken speeding points for Huhne in 2003.
Vicky Pryce
Vicky Pryce
her police statement, Briscoe claimed that @placeholder told her about the