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| Constance Briscoe jury discharged after failing to reach verdict | Constance Briscoe jury discharged after failing to reach verdict |
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| The jury in the trial of barrister and part-time judge Constance Briscoe, accused of lying to police over the Chris Huhne speeding points case, has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict. | The jury in the trial of barrister and part-time judge Constance Briscoe, accused of lying to police over the Chris Huhne speeding points case, has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict. |
| She will face a retrial, Southwark Crown Court was told. | She will face a retrial, Southwark Crown Court was told. |
| Briscoe, 56, a crown court recorder, denies three counts of intending to pervert the course of justice. | Briscoe, 56, a crown court recorder, denies three counts of intending to pervert the course of justice. |
| The jury, which had been reduced to eleven after one was discharged earlier for personal reasons, had been deliberating for 13 hours but were unable to reach a majority verdict of 10-1 on any of the three counts. | The jury, which had been reduced to eleven after one was discharged earlier for personal reasons, had been deliberating for 13 hours but were unable to reach a majority verdict of 10-1 on any of the three counts. |
| Briscoe, a criminal lawyer who was arrested in October 2012, is accused of providing police with two inaccurate statements in the case against the then energy secretary Huhne and his ex-wife, the economist Vicky Pryce. | Briscoe, a criminal lawyer who was arrested in October 2012, is accused of providing police with two inaccurate statements in the case against the then energy secretary Huhne and his ex-wife, the economist Vicky Pryce. |
| She is also accused of producing an altered copy of a statement and then deliberately submitting a different version of that statement to a document expert. | She is also accused of producing an altered copy of a statement and then deliberately submitting a different version of that statement to a document expert. |
| Briscoe is to face a retrial on a date yet to be fixed. She was granted unconditional bail. |