LIVESTREAM REPLAY: Counterspin Media Hosts In Court: Day 2

Executive Producers and Hosts of 'Facts and Evidence' based platform 'Counterspin Media' Kelvyn Alp and Hannah Spierer addressed the crowd that came out in support this morning outside the Christchurch Justice Precinct.Show more

KELVYN ALP, facing 2 charges, each with a penalty of 14 years and fines of $200,000 among others.

HANNAH SPIERER, facing 1 charge with a penalty of 14 years and a fine of $200,000 among others.

KELVYN and HANNAH are jointly charged with allegedly distributing a link to an investigative documentary on the 22nd February, deemed an objectionable publication under the Films, Videos and Publications Classifications Act 1993 on the 25th of February this year, after being noticed by a department of New Zealand's Internal Affairs, on the 23rd.

KELVYN has also been charged individually with distributing the documentary and both he and HANNAH are charged with failing to provide a reasonable excuse to assist a person exercising a search power when requested to do so under Section 130(1) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 on the 25th August.

A trial by Jury has been elected.

We shall bring you further updates as the situation develops.