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Sounds,05 Mar 2026,16 mins

SeriesThe Noah Donohoe Inquest

24. 'Ten police failings'

The State of Us

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In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. Today the barrister for Noah Donohoe’s family set out 10 failings they claim the police search coordinator was responsible for and the jury hears about an anonymous phone call to police about missing items belonging to Noah

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