Brother of Enoch Burke remanded in custody after refusing to sign a bail bond at Dublin District Court on Tuesday evening
He was charged with engaging in threatening, insulting and abusive words and behaviour at the Court of Appeal but refused to take up station bail, resulting in gardaí bringing him before Judge Paula Murphy at the evening sitting of Dublin District Court. The public order offence can carry a three month jail sentence.
However, he demanded the judge stop the proceedings as he refused to sign the bond. As a result, he was escorted into custody while his family called the proceedings “shameful”.Simeon Burke, who has yet to indicate a plea, will face his next hearing on Tuesday at Cloverhill District Court. Asked if he had legal representation, Simeon Burke told Judge Murphy, “I can speak for myself; this process needs to be stopped. I have been unlawfully arrested, and I have been treated shamefully and disgracefully by the gardaí”.
However, Simeon Burke continued to address the court, telling the judge that his family had been subjected to a “mob” of gardaí which he claimed “invaded the courtroom” and assaulted his sister Ammi, a solicitor. Simeon Burke complained that his clothes were taken, his shirt was ripped, and that “I have been left bleeding”.
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