Teacher who was jailed after classroom row over him refusing to 'call a boy a girl' will be joined in prison by his father... who got into a courtroom scuffle during the trial
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A Christian ex-teacher jailed after a row over his refusal to address a transgender pupil as 'they' has been joined in prison by his father. Enoch Burke has spent more than 450 days behind bars in Ireland for contempt of court, having repeatedly refused to stay away from his former school in accordance with a court order.
![[Cloverhill District Court in Dublin heard that police officer Victoria Fisher (Pictured) was grabbed, knocked down and hit a radiator, which resulted in bruising]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/20/93289343-14207239-image-a-24_1734552569667.jpg)
Now his father Seán has also been jailed for two months for assaulting a policewoman. His imprisonment arose from a scuffle at Dublin’s Court of Appeal on March 7 last year, when his son lost a case he had taken against his suspension from Wilson's Hospital School.
![[His son Enoch was jailed for a third time after he was arrested outside the school that sacked him for refusing to 'call a boy a girl' (Mr Burke pictured here arriving at the court of appeal in Dublin in February 2023)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/19/89203209-14207239-Irish_teacher_Enoch_Burke_has_been_jailed_for_a_third_time_after-a-1_1734551641440.jpg)
Seán Burke, who is in his 60s, was jailed on Tuesday after he rejected the chance of a suspended sentence by refusing to sign a bond stating that he would be of good behaviour and keep the peace for one year. His daughter, Ammi, 33, was cleared of obstructing another Irish police officer during the same incident, which saw his wife Martina escorted from the hearing for shouting at judges.
![[Enoch's father, who is in his 60s holding up a sign outside Wilson's Hospital School in December 2023. He was jailed on Tuesday after rejecting the chance of a suspended sentence by refusing to sign a bond]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/19/83694905-14207239-Enoch_s_father_held_up_a_sign_outside_the_school_in_December_202-a-9_1734551853806.jpg)
The Irish Prison Service would not confirm which jail Seán Burke will attend, but a source familiar with court procedures said it was normal practice for prisoners to spend the start of their sentence in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison, where his son is being held.
![[Enoch Burke's mother, father, sister and brother seen protesting outside Ballinrobe Community School in November on the day it was being visited by Norma Foley, the Minister for Education]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/19/89203235-14207239-Enoch_Burke_s_mother_father_sister_and_brother_seen_protesting_o-a-5_1734551653596.jpg)
Cloverhill District Court in Dublin heard that police officer Victoria Fisher was grabbed, knocked down and hit a radiator, during the incident which resulted in bruising. Seán Burke (pictured centre with members of the Burke family) has joined his son Enoch in prison for assaulting a policewoman.
![[Mr Burke leaving court in June 2024 with members of his family after his release from prison]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/19/89203205-14207239-Mr_Burke_leaves_court_in_June_2024_with_members_of_his_family_af-a-2_1734551644807.jpg)
