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During the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe, jurors were shown video footage capturing the discovery of his body inside an underground water tunnel. The recording was taken by a small camera worn by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) search-and-rescue team who found Noah’s remains. Noah, a 14-year-old student at St Malachy’s College, had been missing since 21 June 2020. His body was located six days later near a Translink depot along the M2 in north Belfast.
The last sighting of Noah reportedly took place at Northwood Road, near the tunnel’s inlet, which is more than 600 meters upstream from where the body was discovered. Constable Wylie, a member of the PSNI search-and-rescue team, described entering a tunnel chamber approximately 8 feet in diameter and 10 feet high. He said that shortly after they entered, they clearly saw “a pair of legs and buttocks” with no clothing. Wylie noted several marks on the tunnel’s walls, which he believed were finger impressions made by a smaller person “steadying themselves,” concluding, “My belief was these marks were made by Noah himself.” At the time of the discovery, the tunnel contained very little water.
The jury viewed the body camera footage showing the team navigating the dark tunnel, using torches to illuminate the path while sounds of dripping and splashing water echoed throughout. One search team member commented, “remains are visible” as they approached Noah’s body, which lay near a corner of the tunnel. The officers also observed that Noah was without clothing and that there were green deposits on his back. The footage was difficult for Noah’s mother, Fiona, who left the courtroom before it played and returned only after it had ended.
Additional testimony at the inquest revealed that no CCTV footage from the back of a house near the disappearance zone showed any sign of Noah. Constable Craig explained he had reviewed footage from the rear of 85 Northwood Road, captured at the time of Noah’s disappearance, but found nothing to indicate that Noah was in the area behind the house or adjacent back gardens. Despite the footage’s incorrect timestamp, Craig said he watched it on a mobile phone for about ten minutes and could see no evidence of Noah moving nearby. Regarding this, he stated: “From what I viewed, there was no value in it.”
It emerged that PSNI was not aware of the camera covering the rear of the property until the inquest opened in late January 2026. A lawyer representing Fiona Donohoe pointed out that Constable Craig did not mention viewing the rear CCTV footage in his initial statement, only referencing it in a later statement after the matter arose at a previous hearing. The late disclosure of the CCTV’s existence was described as “something of a concern.” When questioned on this omission, Craig admitted it “was poor on my part,” explaining that he had relayed the information about the footage to higher-ranking colleagues but was uncertain why it was not formally reported. He acknowledged recommending that the footage be downloaded and examined on a larger screen.
Craig also spoke about footage showing Noah on a camera positioned at the front of the same house. According to his statement, Noah was seen moving in the direction of a neighboring home toward its rear. Clarification by a coroner’s lawyer indicated that Noah was walking at the time, perhaps with some speed rather than running. Throughout the inquiry, the police maintained that if any evidence of Noah’s movements had been detected on the CCTV, it would have been included in the first statements provided
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