Footballer refuses to end holiday and aid criminal proceedings

Portsmouth defender Sylvain Distin will be hauled before a judge for contempt of court as he refused to give evidence in Joey Barton’s recent trial. The stand against the court order didn’t represent a show of solidarity for his former team mate or a moral objection to the British judicial system - the Frenchman had much more pressing matters to attend to:

“You can lock me up for ten years, I’m not coming back off my holiday.”

[The Sun]