Plea over Noah's movement night before vanishing

CCTV footage to be publicly shared before inquest

- BY JONATHAN MCCAMBRIDGE

A PUBLIC appeal for information is to be made over the “unusual” movements of schoolboy Noah Donohoe on the night before he went missing.

A coroner said CCTV footage of Noah leaving his Belfast home in the middle of the night should be shared with the public in an attempt to gain answers ahead of an inquest.

Noah, 14, was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020 - six days after he went missing as he cycled to meet friends.

Coroner Mr Justice Rooney is presiding over the inquest for the St Malachy's College pupil.

Noah's mother Fiona Donohoe, who was in attendance for the hearing yesterday at the Royal Courts of Justice, is hoping to get answers to some of her questions surrounding the death of her son through the inquest process.

At the preliminary hearing, counsel to the coroner Peter Coll said an issue had been raised by the legal representatives of Ms Donohoe over the potential for the court to issue a public appeal for information.