"The Attorney General has decided not to bring criminal contempt proceedings against Enoch Burke and three members of his family over their repeated disruption of High Court hearings in the jailed teacher's dispute with Wilson's Hospital School."
"Rossa Fanning SC told the court he had decided against doing so for a number of reasons, including the cost to the taxpayer of any such application and difficulty involved in having to prove the offence beyond all reasonable doubt."
The Attorney General decided not to bring criminal contempt proceedings against Enoch Burke and three members of his family for repeated disruption of High Court hearings in the jailed teacher's dispute with Wilson's Hospital School. Enoch Burke remains a jailed teacher involved in litigation with Wilson's Hospital School. The decision reflected practical and evidential considerations. Rossa Fanning SC identified reasons including the potential cost to the taxpayer of any application and the difficulty of proving the offence beyond all reasonable doubt. Prosecutors weighed public interest, financial implications, and the high evidential threshold before concluding prosecution would not be appropriate.
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