<description>&lt;p&gt;Noah Donohoe’s remains were found in a storm drain in north Belfast on June 27, 2020.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 14-year-old had gone missing six days earlier.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A post-mortem examination found that the likely cause of death was drowning.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The inquest into his death, which is being heard before a jury, is in its 20th week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The jury has now heard from Detective Chief Inspector Tom Phillips. He was the senior investigating officer tasked with finding Noah and is the inquest’s final witness.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He told the court that Police may ‘never have answers’ to some questions around Noah’s death.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Liam Tunney is covering the inquest for the Belfast Telegraph.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Noah Donohoe’s remains were found in a storm drain in north Belfast on June 27, 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp;The 14-year-old had gone missing six days earlier.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A post-mortem examination found that the likely cause of death was drowning.&nbsp;&nbsp;The inquest into his death, which is being heard before a jury, is in its 20th week.&nbsp;&nbsp;The jury has now heard from Detective Chief Inspector Tom Phillips. He was the senior investigating officer tasked with finding Noah and is the inquest’s final witness.&nbsp;&nbsp;He told the court that Police may ‘never have answers’ to some questions around Noah’s death.&nbsp;&nbsp;Liam Tunney is covering the inquest for the Belfast Telegraph.&nbsp;<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Noah Donohoe: ‘Questions over teen’s death may never be answered’, final witness tells inquest

Noah Donohoe: ‘Questions over teen’s death may never be answered’, final witness tells inquest

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