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33. Failure of basic policing

The police officer who missed CCTV footage of part of Noah鈥檚 journey on the day he disappeared gave evidence.

In the summer of 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe went missing in Belfast. Six days later his body was found in a storm drain. His disappearance and death have dominated headlines for five and a half years. The inquest into his death will, for the first time, lay out the facts and evidence in this case. In this special series from The State of Us podcast, Tara Mills and Declan Harvey take you inside the courtroom, bringing you the evidence as it unfolds each day. Today, the police officer who missed CCTV footage of part of Noah鈥檚 journey on the day he went missing, gave evidence. The barrister for Noah鈥檚 mother described it as 鈥渁 failure of basic police work鈥.

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