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Constance Briscoe has already begun prison memoir, says agent Constance Briscoe has already begun prison memoir, says agent
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Constance Briscoe, the barrister and part-time judge jailed for 16 months for lying to police over the Chris Huhne speed points swap scandal, is planning to continue her literary career in prison. Constance Briscoe, the barrister and part-time judge jailed for 16 months for lying to police over the Chris Huhne speed-points swap scandal, is planning to continue her literary career in prison.
The 56-year-old criminal lawyer, author of the best-selling memoir Ugly and its sequel Beyond Ugly, has already begun a prison memoir, according to her literary agent Darley Anderson. The 56-year-old criminal lawyer, author of the best-selling memoir Ugly and its sequel Beyond Ugly, has already begun a prison memoir, according to her literary agent, Darley Anderson.
"We are certain that Constance will continue to write," Anderson told the Bookseller. "She has started [writing] something now. Ugly was a massive, massive number-one book and she's a role model for many young people. "We are certain that Constance will continue to write," Anderson told the Bookseller (subscription required). "She has started [writing] something now. Ugly was a massive, massive number-one book and she's a role model for many young people.
"The [new] book will be a continuation of her bestselling autobiographical books and will cover her time in prison."The [new] book will be a continuation of her bestselling autobiographical books and will cover her time in prison.
"Anything Constance writes is immensely readable and that's what makes her books bestsellers.""Anything Constance writes is immensely readable and that's what makes her books bestsellers."
Briscoe, who was found guilty of intending to pervert the course of justice at the Old Bailey last week, lied to police in a witness statement about having had contact with the media over the speeding points story and her friendship with Huhne's ex-wife Vicky Pryce. She was also found guilty of altering her police witness statement and then submitting a forged version of it for forensic examination before her own trial. Briscoe, who was found guilty of intending to pervert the course of justice at the Old Bailey last week, lied to police in a witness statement about having had contact with the media over the speeding points story and her friendship with Huhne's ex-wife, Vicky Pryce. She was also found guilty of altering her police witness statement and then submitting a forged version of it for forensic examination before her own trial.
The former cabinet minister Huhne, 59, and his economist ex-wife Pryce, 60, were both jailed last year for eight months for perverting the course of justice when it emerged she had taken three speeding points for him in 2003 when he was an MEP so he could escape a driving ban. The former cabinet minister Huhne, 59, and Pryce, 60, and economist, were both jailed last year for eight months for perverting the course of justice when it emerged she had taken three speeding points for him in 2003, when he was an MEP, so he could escape a driving ban.
Briscoe's memoir Ugly, which sold more than 400,000 copies, alleged she had been physically and emotionally abused by her mother while growing up as the third of 11 siblings in Walworth, south London.Briscoe's memoir Ugly, which sold more than 400,000 copies, alleged she had been physically and emotionally abused by her mother while growing up as the third of 11 siblings in Walworth, south London.
Her mother, Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell, 80, unsuccessfully sued for libel in 2008 claiming the book was untrue and her daughter was a "liar and a fantasist". Briscoe-Mitchell claims she has been bankrupted and faces losing the family home after incurring the £500,000 legal fees of her daughter and publishers for the libel trial. She is hoping for a re-examination of the case following Briscoe's convictions. Her mother, Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell, 80, unsuccessfully sued for libel in 2008, claiming the book was untrue and her daughter was a "liar and a fantasist". Briscoe-Mitchell claims she has been bankrupted and faces losing the family home after incurring the £500,000 legal fees of her daughter and publishers for the libel trial. She is hoping for a re-examination of the case following Briscoe's convictions.
Scotland Yard are investigating allegations made over documents Briscoe produced when she successfully defended the libel action.Scotland Yard are investigating allegations made over documents Briscoe produced when she successfully defended the libel action.
Beyond Ugly, which detailed Briscoe's early days at the Bar, sold almost 100,000 copies.Beyond Ugly, which detailed Briscoe's early days at the Bar, sold almost 100,000 copies.
The lawyer, who now faces a judicial investigation that could result in her being struck off from the Bar, has expressed ambitions to become a crime writer, and her first novel The Accused was published in 2011. The lawyer, who now faces a judicial investigation that could result in her being struck off from the Bar, has expressed ambitions to become a crime writer, and her first novel, The Accused, was published in 2011.
A spokeswoman for Anderson said Briscoe had spoken to the agency about writing a prison diary, but first had to adjust to prison life.A spokeswoman for Anderson said Briscoe had spoken to the agency about writing a prison diary, but first had to adjust to prison life.
Pryce published her version of a prison diary, Prisonomics, on her release.Pryce published her version of a prison diary, Prisonomics, on her release.