Jury cannot be reassured over officer’s Noah Donohoe search claims, inquest told

Fiona Donohoe, the mother of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe, and solicitor Niall Murphy arrive at Belfast Coroner’s Court (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

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 Noah in 2020, that the teenager could not have been found any sooner.