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'You thought respect for the law was for others': Judge brands disgraced barrister 'arrogant' and jails her for 16 months for lying to police over Chris Huhne points scandal

An 'arrogant' judge was jailed for 16 months today for repeatedly lying to police during the Chris Huhne speeding scandal.
Constance Briscoe, 56, was convicted of perverting the course of justice during the downfall of the then Cabinet minister after he asked his wife Vicky Pryce to take his speeding points in 2003.
Briscoe was found guilty at the Old Bailey yesterday, after pursuing a vendetta to destroy 59-year-old Huhne's career after he left Pryce, 61, for his bisexual aide Carina Trimingham.

Angry Youths Batter Estate Agent In Lagos

An estate agent, Otunba Kehinde Adeosun, has been battered by angry youths in Abule -Egba area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly storming the area with thugs to remove the roofs, doors and windows of their houses. 

The victim who is nursing a broken skull is receiving treatment at a hospital. The suspected thugs also vandalisedthe house of a local chief who had fled the area to avoid being attacked. P.m News gathered that youths in the community mobilized and went to the agent’s house to attack him and his son.

The clash followed a land dispute which had lingered for many years in the area  but was recently resolved by a Supreme Court judgement, affirming the Iyorun Family of Awori Abule-Egba as the rightful owner of the controversial land.

Shirtless, shell-shocked and drenched in blood: Court is shown dramatic photos of Pistorius moments after he shot his girlfriend

The first police officers on the scene found the Paralympian in a 'very emotional state' and a trail of blood that ran throughout his house in Pretoria. Pistorius was pacing around in the kitchen, bare-chested and with blood all over his shorts and prosthetic legs. A side-profile image shows more down his left arm (top left). Other macabre photographs shown to the court included the blood-spattered toilet (bottom left) where Miss Steenkamp was shot dead in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year.