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Claudia Savage

Senior PSNI officer denies telling witnesses what to say at inquest

A senior PSNI officer has denied telling police witnesses ‘what to say’ when giving evidence to the inquest (Family Handout/PA) - (PA Media)

A senior PSNI officer has denied telling police witnesses “what to say” when giving evidence to the Noah Donohoe inquest.

PSNI Detective Chief Inspector Phillips, who was a senior investigating officer in the high-profile missing person investigation, said he “made no mention at all” of the schoolboy’s coat to a junior officer, who could not explain why he said in evidence that he had been tasked with searching for it.

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