Britain’s top black woman judge Constance Briscoe is arrested at her home

• Constance Briscoe, 55, was questioned by Kent Police and bailed pending further inquiries
• She cannot sit as a judge while being investigated, Office for Judicial Complaints confirms

Arrested: Top judge Constance Briscoe was questioned by police in her Clapham home

Britain’s most high-profile black woman judge, Constance Briscoe, has been arrested by police.

The 55-year-old was questioned by Kent Constabulary in her south London home before being bailed pending further inquiries.

‘A 55-year-old woman was arrested in Clapham, south London, on Saturday October 6. She was interviewed by officers,’ Kent Police said in a statement.

Her arrest means that she will not be able to sit as a judge while being investigated for her alleged crime, which cannot be revealed for legal reasons.

A spokeswoman for the Office for Judicial Complaints said in a statement: ‘The Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor have suspended Constance Briscoe from the judiciary pending the outcome of the police investigation into the allegations against her. It would be inappropriate to comment further whilst the investigation is active.’

Ms Briscoe has been a controversial figure and was unsuccessfully sued by her own mother over revelations in her autobiography.

The leading barrister and part-time judge wrote her memoir ‘Ugly’ which charted in agonising detail her difficult childhood, which included regular beatings.

Controversial: Ms Briscoe’s memoir ‘ugly’ made her famous and led to her mother unsuccessfully suing her for defamation

In August she also publicy slammed her former lover Anthony Arlidge QC.

Mr Arlidge, 76, chose to leave her for a woman who was 25.

‘He’s not having a midlife crisis,’ she said, ‘He’s not having a late crisis. This is a late, late, late crisis.

‘Of course, I was terribly upset. I’d been with him a long time, but I think men get to a certain age where they press the bonkers button.’

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