The phrase "accused of contempt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts when someone is charged with showing disrespect or disobedience towards a court or its proceedings.
Example: "The defendant was accused of contempt for failing to comply with the court's order."
Alternatives: "charged with contempt" or "cited for contempt."
Peter Hain, who was Northern Ireland Secretary under Tony Blair, is accused of contempt of court over a passage in his memoirs in which he criticised Sir Paul Girvan, now Lord Justice Girvan.
Now Mr Chaudhry is out to settle scores with nine senior judges accused of contempt of court for accepting jobs late in Mr Musharraf's rule.On one interpretation, all this may add up to nothing too sinister.
Members of the jury would know the rules, the wrongdoing could be prosecuted in the same way as other crimes and jurors accused of contempt would benefit from the normal protections of the criminal process".
This procedural innovation will therefore be available for any trials conducted by the Mechanism of ICTR fugitives, persons accused of contempt before the Mechanism, and any re-trials ordered by the Appeals Chamber.
Alan Shadrake is accused of contempt of court by the Singapore Attorney General over a book he wrote which criticises the application of the death penalty.
Traders and hedge fund managers in the City of London are often accused of having contempt for the common man, but few would have expected such a brazen attack on the capital's pedestrian masses as was staged this week.
The government has been accused of showing contempt for the north of England after it announced that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) would close its biggest office outside London.
But Mr. Bakaly is not in the dock on such a charge; he is accused of criminal contempt under a rule that punishes false statements that delay or obstruct a court.
The FBU has hit back at Government statements that firefighters will continue to receive one of the best pension packages of any worker - even after reforms to their pension scheme - amid deadlock in a long-running dispute in England which has seen the coalition accused of showing "contempt" for public sector workers.
After his arrest, El Sexto was accused of desacato (contempt), a provision in Cuban law carrying a sentence of up to three years.
They were accused of being in contempt of court for violating the terms of the injunction by continuing to interfere with the railroads.
