Teacher who was jailed after classroom row over transgender pupil and refusing to 'call a boy a girl' will be joined in prison by his father after courtroom scuffle

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. Seán Burke has joined his son Enoch in prison for assaulting a policewoman Cloverhill District Court in Dublin heard that police officer Victoria Fisher was grabbed, knocked down and hit a radiator, which resulted in bruising 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' Even though he had been spared a criminal record, Seán Burke unsuccessfully attempted to quash a guilty verdict delivered in the District Court in May. He was jailed on Tuesday after rejecting the chance of a suspended sentence by refusing to sign a bond 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 Mr Burke leaving court in June 2024 with members of his family after his release from prison The judge commented: 'Members of the public, including visiting schoolchildren, were forced to witness those scenes in a court of law, which I regard as offensive scenes.' He has repeatedly defied a High Court injunction banning him from the school's grounds Former History and German teacher Enoch Burke seen outside Wilson's Hospital School in January 2023, violating their court order to stay away Enoch Burke seen arriving at Wilson's Hospital School in January 2023 and ignoring the court order after being dismissed The German and history teacher was suspended on paid leave until the outcome of an internal disciplinary process.