The Editor of the Sunday Independent has told the High Court he believes it was 'eminently and manifestly possible' that Enoch Burke was annoying other inmates in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin.
The Editor of the Sunday Independent has told the High Court he believes it was"eminently and manifestly possible" that Enoch Burke was annoying other inmates in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin.
Mr English told the court the information had come from a long-standing source of reporter Ali Bracken who he said was a journalist of the utmost integrity in whom he had a huge amount of trust . He also said:"Do I believe there is a possibility that you were annoying other prisoners? I think it is eminently possible."
This information had been received by the reporter in good faith, he said. He added that he had been provided with a statement from the prison service that Enoch Burke had been moved for operational reasons but"took the view that the proposition that he had been annoying people was entirely believable and I took some time to ascertain whether this was the case or not".
However, he said he believed that most of the people in the country did not agree with how Enoch Burke had engaged with the justice system. Asked if she was deeply distressed and humiliated when he went to prison as she said she had been by the article she replied"no".Mrs Burke also accused the newspaper of"making up lies about a young man starting off in life" and said her son"could be in the grave" if he did not have the support behind him.
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