Simeon Burke convicted and fined €300 over 'volatile' breach of peace

After failed attempts to halt prosecution, his trial before Judge John Hughes at Dublin District concluded late on Monday evening

Simeon Burke leaves court after he was convicted of an offence under the Public Order Act and fined €300 following his arrest during a disturbance at the Court of Appeal last month. Picture: Collins Courts

Law student Simeon Burke has been convicted and fined €300 over a "volatile" breach of the peace following a "melee" at his brother Enoch's case in the Four Courts in Dublin.

The younger brother of sacked teacher Enoch Burke had refused to take up bail since his arrest on March 7. Mr Burke, aged 24, repeatedly refused to sign a bail bond with a condition stay away from the Four Courts, where his brother was involved in a legal dispute before the Court of Appeal over his sacking by Wilson's Hospital School in Westmeath.