Professional man spends seven weeks in jail for refusing to answer questionsALDEN WILLIAMS/FAIRFAX NZ A man spent seven weeks in a Canterbury prison for contempt of court (file photo). A professional man was held in a Christchurch jail for seven weeks without charge after refusing to answer questions as a potential witness in a criminal case. The section allows the court to jail people called as witnesses for seven days if they refuse to give evidence. When he was brought before Judge Garland at the end of each seven day period, the man repeated his refusal and was sent back to jail. At his various times over the seven weeks, the man asked the court to sentence him for contempt of court under another section of the Criminal Procedure Act.

Source: Stuff March 09, 2017 07:30 UTC