Supreme Court grants man's appeal over week-long contempt sentence

A five-judge Supreme Court has unanimously granted a man's appeal over being jailed for a week for contempt by a District Court judge.

The judgments of Mr Justice Donal O'Donnell and Mr Justice William McKechnie in the successful appeal by Kevin Tracey, and an unsuccessful separate appeal by another man, clarify issues concerning the courts' approach to contempt and disruptive behaviour in court.