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Enoch Burke to Remain in Prison Over Christmas After Refusing to Purge Contempt

The judge said his jailing stems from repeated breaches of a trespass order, not his beliefs, and that he can leave once he vows to stay off school property.

Overview

  • Detention will continue until Burke gives an undertaking to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School, which he declined to do at the High Court hearing.
  • Judge Brian Cregan reset the next review to March 3 and said there will be no automatic releases during holiday periods.
  • The Attorney General is considering criminal contempt proceedings against Burke and several relatives after the judge condemned a sustained attack on the courts’ authority.
  • A Disciplinary Appeals Panel is scheduled for December 13 to hear Burke’s appeal of his dismissal, as he prepares a Supreme Court filing and argues the panel should wait.
  • Fact-checkers rejected viral claims of a “life sentence” or punishment for beliefs, noting the court’s finding that his imprisonment is for contempt of a trespass injunction and that he can secure release by undertaking to stay away.