Simeon Burke has today won his appeal against his District Court conviction for a breach of the peace at the Four Courts in Dublin last year.
Judge John Martin said there was insufficient evidence the barrister had committed a criminal offence at the hearing of his brother Enoch’s case.
Mr Burke (25) was fined €300 last July after his conviction under Section 6 of the Public Order Act which says it is an “offence for any person in a public place to use or engage in any threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke a breach of the peace or being reckless as to whether a breach of the peace may be occasioned”.
His conviction was quashed by Judge Martin who said he did not think Gardaí had proved the “requisite standard” for a criminal conviction.
“I have heard evidence that he strongly resisted [gardaí] and was obstructing them and was crying terms concerning transgenderism and that gardaí should deploy their resources to other parts of the city,” said Judge Martin.
“Does it reach the criminal standard? I am afraid it doesn’t and I am allowing the appeal,” the judge said.
During the hearing of Enoch Burke’s case at the Four Courts, Simeon Burke was dragged by gardaí out of the building and onto Inns Quay before being arrested.
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Well done the Burke family.
The Gardai were aggressive against Simeon and his sister by manhandling them out of the Court at the time.
Another win for common sense and removes an injustice against Simeon that would have prevented him following a career in Law..
Interim report – Cass Review
He surely now has the right for damages against these Garda thugs!?
What will happen to the a Guarda bully boy thugs who ganged up on and dragged a innocent man around the court buildings
Great news. Thank God for common sense. Enoch Burke was targeted by the woke feminist mob. This government were crazy for transgender and the Tavistock clinic, which turned out to be a cruel embarrassment for them in the end. Most of them have lived closed lives and refuse to even believe that a dirty drag queen reading to children is on a permanent horn, a pervert, with paedophilia raising its ugly head. This government and their agents are tyrants who are promoting this filth. Enoch Burke was targeted like Asher’s bakery and was put out of his job over nothing. The school is fighting in the high court against its own ethos🤣🤣🤣
Fantastic news. Proud of Simeon for standing his ground. Rock hard are the Burkes. Wishing Enoch a speedy favourable outcome too. The fact that Enoch is getting paid while he is locked up, shows he did nothing wrong in the first place.
Congratulations, the country is behind yee.
When the Burke family is in court, the legacy media typically has ten cameras positioned around the building. To further their agenda, they will release a single image of the family that paints them in a bad light.
hope to see member’s off this family as TDs soon 👍
2 biggest stains on this government ff/fg/g burke family and Quinn family like John Burton of blue shirts government putting higher tax on school kids shoes , people never forget, or will they for flooding of Ireland with non Irish as local communities can not cope with it . remember vote for a local independent that represents the locals , ring them and ask the hard questions, watch out for Willie o Dee types and their pull the wool over your eyes answers
Don’t vote for any government of fake opposition party. Don’t give them any preference. Vote the scum out
All of the organizations being paid by the state all of the known people who are supporting the abuse of young people, fall on your sword, I still see and hear idiots supporting it. We all see you and we won’t forget.
When future generations look back on this time period when a man is jailed for not calling Jill Jack or Jack Jil it will cast shame and disgrace on our present politicians our present counselors our present senotors who are silent in the face of this nonsense. Their families will be ashamed to speak their names.
God bless you and your family and may he give you the power to prevail in your battles against the tyrannical fascists who pretend to act in our interests.
Good to see this family get some long overdue justice at last.