Parents ordered to remove tribute T-shirts at killer’s trial

Hemi Burke’s distraught parents Kerri-Anne Goodwin and Shane Burke said last night they were still in shock at the ruling – and vowed to wear the ­shirts again when his killer was sentenced. “I just can’t understand how we have to sit there and look at the accused, but he can’t sit there and look at our little boy,” Ms Goodwin said. “There’s nothing incriminating on these shirts. It’s just a picture of him.” ... “He was a beautiful little boy... our little bundle of joy,” Mr Burke said. He and Ms Goodwin also expressed disappointment over Ireland’s charge being downgraded from murder. In the Magistrates Court last September, prosecutor Sheena Hayes said a forensic pathologist’s report said bruising to multiple sites was consistent with multiple blunt-force impacts.