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Noah Donohoe: Search of Culvert Delayed by 12 Hours, Lawyer Says
The search explored multiple leads including known sex offenders after a delayed discovery of Noah Donohoe’s body in a storm drain, six days after his disappearance.
- On Wednesday, the inquest heard police investigated the possibility that known sex offenders were involved after Noah Donohoe was not found quickly, the court was told.
- On Monday night, Sean McCarry of the Community Rescue Service identified a culvert within five minutes and phoned police, who were later called to Northwood Road after a bike report.
- Mr Hutchings ordered a tunnel search on Tuesday and said he asked for the culvert to be searched soon after identifying it, with police divers deployed on Friday due to rising water.
- Brenda Campbell KC, barrister for Fiona Donohoe, challenged Hutchings' claim and said there was at least a 12-hour delay before Polsa identified the storm drain, while Hutchings offered his 'heartfelt condolences' and said finding the body allowed burial.
- Declan Quinn, counsel for the coroner, read evidence that Sean McCarry informed Sergeant Hutchings about the culvert on Monday evening, but Hutchings said he 'could not remember' and 'would have started the ball rolling' if aware.
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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. A jury cannot be reassured by a police officer’s claim that nothing could have been done differently in the search for Noah Donohoe, a barrister for his mother has told an inquest. Brenda Campbell KC challenged an account given by Sergeant Hutchings, who was the lead Polsa (police search adviser) in the search for N…
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