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Judge tells jury to avoid news and social media as they consider the circumstances around teenager’s death
Judge tells jury to avoid news and social media as they consider the circumstances around teenager’s death Addressing the jury, the coroner told jury members it was a “really, really important time” in advance of resuming deliberations for a fifth day on Tuesday.
‘World’s largest’ betting website closed to Irish users after regulator actionKnee surgery patient wakes up to €3,000 bill after change made during procedurein June 2020. He had left home six days earlier to meet friends, with his disappearance sparking a large search operation. The hearing was adjourned in July following three days of evidence and an “unprecedented” late-night sitting.
Addressing the jury on Monday, the coroner said they must decide the case “solely on the evidence which you have seen and heard in court”. He told them “you are absolutely under no pressure of time”. Ten questions have been presented to jurors on which they must reach a unanimous verdict. Among the questions they must consider is the date of Noah’s death and whether any errors made by police contributed to his death.
The St Malachy’s College pupil had cycled across the city from his home in south Belfast to the Northwood Road area of north Belfast on Sunday June 21st, 2020. Fiona Donohoe, the mother of 14-year-old Noah Donohoe, arriving at Belfast Coroner's Court. Photograph: Mark Marlow/PA Wire He abandoned his bicycle on a pavement at Northwood Road close to waste ground where a culvert entrance to an underground water system is located.
His body was found more than 600m downstream in the tunnel. He had previously been seen falling off his bicycle, as well as discarding his clothes and cycling naked. The inquest began hearing evidence in late January and was expected to last until Easter. It has heard evidence from 76 witnesses and received statements from a further 42 people.
Maps, video footage, photographs, police logs and expert reports have also been submitted. Adjourning the hearing in July, the coroner warned jurors to “avoid all speculation and rumour”, particularly on social media, as they were “still in deliberation”. In his lengthy summing-up of the case, Rooney previously said it was for the jury to decide whether PSNI errors were made in the search for the teenager and whether these could have contributed to his death.
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