Jailed secondary school teacher Enoch Burke will find out today or tomorrow if he is to be released from prison for Christmas
Mr Burke told the High Court he was refusing to participate in a hearing this morning to hear submissions about whether he should be released from prison given that the school where he works will be closed for Christmas holidays from noon.
He had been suspended on full pay by the school as part of a disciplinary process, following a row over a request from a student to be addressed by a new name and for"they/them" pronouns to be used. Mr Burke told Mr Justice Brian O'Moore he could not participate in the process as to do so would be to agree that he was lawfully incarcerated. He said the very basis for him to be in prison was wholly invalid.
Mr Burke said what he wanted from the court was not temporary release, but a"just upholding of his constitutional rights".
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