
Noah Donohoe Likely Entered Water Tunnel Through Culvert Bars, Court Hears
A Belfast Coroner's Court heard evidence from engineering experts suggesting that Noah Donohoe most likely entered a water tunnel through the bars of a culvert entrance.
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A Belfast Coroner's Court heard evidence from engineering experts suggesting that Noah Donohoe most likely entered a water tunnel through the bars of a culvert entrance.

An expert witness at an inquest has stated that it is probable Noah Donohoe was alive when he entered a storm drain in north Belfast, where his body was later discovered.
It cannot be ruled out that Noah Donohoe may have had drugs in his system at the time of his death, toxicologists have told an inquest.
An inquest was told that police understood the seriousness of the search for Noah Donohoe at an early stage, after the boy's body was found in a north Belfast storm drain in June 2020.

Inquest into 2020 death of boy (14) enters fifth week at Belfast Coroner’s Court
An inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe was told that police heard he had been acting 'strangely' before his disappearance, with some collected footage from 2020 not reviewed until 2022.

During the 12th week of the inquest into the death of schoolboy Noah Donohoe, a man who stole Donohoe's rucksack testified, stating he never had the schoolboy's coat.

Recordings of anonymous phone calls made to police about an attempt to sell Noah Donohoe's laptop while the schoolboy was missing have been played at his inquest.

Limits of testing means thousands of potential substances are outside scope of screening, say toxicologists
A police search officer has said he was “grasping at straws” when he called in the search and rescue team who ultimately found Noah Donohoe, the inquest into the teenager’s death has heard.

A jury inquest in Belfast is in its fifth week, hearing evidence that the storm drain where 14-year-old Noah Donohoe's body was found in June 2020 'could be easily opened'.

The inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its fifth week.

A man who stole Noah Donohoe's rucksack claims he never had the schoolboy's coat, as the investigation continues into the 14-year-old's death in Belfast in 2020.

A constable at an inquest into Noah Donohoe's disappearance was unable to explain why he initially testified to searching a flat for Donohoe's missing coat, later admitting he 'didn't believe' he had been told about the item.
An inquest heard that police understood the seriousness of the investigation into Noah Donohoe's disappearance at an early stage.

The inquest into the death of the schoolboy at Belfast Coroner’s Court, which is being heard with a jury, is now in its sixth week.
An inquest into the death of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe, who was found in a storm drain, heard police accounts that he had been behaving 'strangely' before leaving home for the last time.