A sister of jailed teacher Enoch Burke has been accused of obstructing a Garda during an incident outside the Four Courts last year.
Solicitor Ammi Burke, 33, of Cloonsunna, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, was summonsed to appear at Dublin District Court on a charge of resisting, wilfully obstructing or impeding a Garda in the execution of his duty.
The incident allegedly occurred at Inns Quay on March 7, 2023. The charge is contrary to section 19 of the Public Order Act, which, on conviction, carries a possible six-month sentence and a fine.
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The offence date coincides with the day her brother Enoch was involved in a legal dispute before the Court of Appeal over transgenderism and his sacking by Wilson's Hospital School in Co. Westmeath.
Her case was adjourned and will resume on May 9, and also on that date, her father, Sean, is to contest a charge of assaulting a Garda in an incident said to have taken place on March 7 last year.
That prosecution is under section two of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act. A conviction can result in a fine and a six-month jail sentence.
In January, Mr Burke, representing himself, had said he would contest the case and secured an order to obtain disclosure of prosecution evidence, including CCTV footage.
The presiding judge advised him to study the evidence furnished so far and correspond with the prosecution if he required additional evidence. The judge also told him to apply to the court for an order if he sought further video footage from the prosecution.
No evidence concerning the events on the date of the alleged offence was heard.
Enoch Burke, who taught History and German, has spent more than 300 days in Mountjoy Prison after the secondary school teacher defied a High Court order to stay away from his former workplace.
Last year, Enoch's brother, Simeon, then a barrister at law student in Kings Inns, was fined €300 at Dublin District Court. He had been convicted of threatening, abusive and insulting words or behaviour after Enoch Burke's proceedings on March 7 last year.
However, he consistently maintained his innocence and was subsequently cleared on appeal.
He had spent 41 days in custody on remand in the run-up to his District Court hearing after repeatedly refusing to sign a bail bond with a condition to stay away from the Four Courts.
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