‘Nothing to suggest’ Noah Donohoe had gone into tunnel, officer tells inquest

Noah Donohoe was found dead in a storm drain in north Belfast in June 2020 (Family handout/PA) - (PA Media)

A police officer involved in the search for Noah Donohoe in 2020 has said there was “nothing to suggest” the schoolboy had gone into a water tunnel where his body was later found.

Sergeant Hutchings, was the lead Polsa (police search adviser) in the search for Noah, told an inquest he did, however, believe the teenager was still in the area close to where he had last been seen in north Belfast.