Judge grants sister of jailed teacher Enoch Burke leave to bring judicial review proceedings seeking to quash her conviction for a public order offence
In the High Court in Dublin, Mr Justice Simons said it was highly unusual for someone’s case to be dealt with within hours, unless they were pleading guilty, which Jemima Burke did not. Photograph: Aidan Crawleyjudge has said there “would appear to be some strength” to a claim by a sister of jailed teacher Enoch Burke that her constitutional rights were breached when she was arrested, charged and convicted of a public order offence within a matter of hours.
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She said when she appeared before judge Deane she refused to sign a bail bond which was set at €100 with conditions that she would not speak to the coroner or any of the hospital staff at the inquest or attend any further hearings of the inquest. She said Garda O’Connor had made a number of allegations in the trial, including that she had obstructed paths of individuals and had shoved her phone into their faces, stating particular words. She said the phone footage would have clearly had probative value but it was in the possession of the gardaí at this stage.
Ms Burke represented herself in the application for leave to quash the sentence which was brought ex parte . She claims she has been the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice and an appeal of her conviction to the Circuit Court is not an adequate alternative remedy.
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