PSNI Officer Missed Noah Donohoe on CCTV

0:00I'm Cory with the story. That's your Europe news today update, AI powered and always on. In the ongoing inquest into the death of 14-year-old Noah Donho, a PSNI officer has admitted missing the teen on two CCTV cameras he checked, early in the search. Noah vanished on his bike in North Belfast in June 2020, and his body was found six days later in a storm drain, with drowning listed as the, likely cause. Here this week, the Belfast Corners Court heard from Constable Day, who reviewed footage from the Grove Leisure Center and a nearby funeral. Directors on York Road, just half a mile from where Noah was discovered. He confirmed positive sightings of the boy elsewhere that Monday, but logged negative results at those spots. Noah's mother's legal team pointed out the officer had only a 35-minute window to check both locations before being pulled for another. Emergency, suggesting he fast-forwarded the footage and may not have given it full attention. The Constable agreed it was a high-risk missing child case, calling for all possible action.

1:03The officer also conceded he was the first to visit the PSNI's CCTV Suite, 12 hours after Noah was reported missing, and acknowledged the need to. Account for time differences between cameras and real-time. Later checks by other teams ran into similar issues with footage quality and timing. This testimony highlights early challenges in tracking Noah's path, as the Inquests continues to piece together what happened that day.