Barrister Constance Briscoe leaves the Old Bailey yesterday[GETTY]It is almost inevitable there will be a custodial sentence.
Constance Briscoe was accused of trying to pervert the course of justice in connection with the inquiry into how Mr Huhne transferred speeding points to his then wife in 2003.
Briscoe, 56, was found guilty after a re-trial at the Old Bailey.
The barrister is likely to be jailed today after Mr Justice Baker released her on bail with the warning: “It is almost inevitable there will be a custodial sentence.”
Briscoe, of Clapham, south London, was accused of providing police with two inaccurate statements about her role as an intermediary between Huhne’s estranged wife Vicky Pryce and reporters in revealing details of the speeding points affair.
Mr Huhne, who was jailed for eight months over the scandal, described Briscoe as a “compulsive and self- publicising fantasist”. And he suggested there should now be a review of cases where she prosecuted and the defendants were convicted.
“British justice is likely to be a lot fairer with Briscoe behind bars,” Mr Huhne said. “If she can make up the witness statements used as the key evidence against me, she is clearly capable of hiding evidence she should have disclosed to the defence in the many cases that she prosecuted for the Crown Prosecution Service.”
But the CPS said there were no plans to review any of Briscoe’s cases and Mr Huhne’s claim was incorrect.
Following her conviction, it emerged Briscoe is also facing a criminal investigation into allegations that she fraudulently obtained documents used to defend libel claims brought against her by her mother, Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell.
Mrs Briscoe-Mitchell attended her daughter’s re-trial at the Old Bailey and an earlier trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court, which ended with a hung jury.
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