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Evening Standard
National
Jonathan McCambridge

DfI should have looked at practical means to stop culvert access, inquest told

A general view of Northwood Park and Northwood road in Belfast where schoolboy Noah Donohoe was last seen before his death in 2020 (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Wire)

A Stormont department should have considered all “reasonably practical means” to prevent access to a culvert close to where Noah Donohoe’s body was found, a safety expert has told an inquest.

Belfast Coroner’s Court also heard a claim that refurbishment work carried out on the culvert by the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) three years before Noah died had made it “easier to access” for children.

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