Sunday Independent journalist Ali Bracken has told the High Court she does not accept that information about Enoch Burke annoying other prisoners in Mountjoy because of his religious beliefs was false.
Ms Bracken was giving evidence on the fourth day of a High Court action over an article published in October 2022 which Mr Burke claims defamed him.
Ms Bracken said she had written a number of articles about Enoch Burke."We've never had a case like Enoch Burke before, never had a professional person unwilling to purge their contempt," she said. "If my prison source had told me Enoch Burke was running bible classes and there was a waiting list to attend, I would have happily reported that. I reported what I was told."
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