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
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